Betty Cahill
Betty Cahill
Betty Cahill speaks and writes about gardening in the Rocky Mountain Region. Visit her site at for even more gardening tips.
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Punch list: How to pick a Christmas tree, poinsettia care and gifts for gardeners
Betty Cahill offers tips for choosing a fresh Christmas tree and making your poinsettias last.

Time to bring the garden inside: A guide for Amaryllis, paperwhites and other winter bulbs
Holiday decorating comes alive, literally, with colorful, fragrant and striking indoor bulbs, plants and greenery. This week Part I of decking the halls with bulbs.

Punch List: Fall tips for preparing your garden, trees and lawn for winter
Indoor lights need to be turned on earlier after āfalling backā an hour. Before you entirely switch off the outdoor garden, tuck it in properly with a rake up,...

Punch List: What do to in your Denver-area garden in October
No need to throw in the trowel for the month of October, thereās plenty to do outside along with indoor garden projects. Donāt forget to dust off the rake and...

Punch List: What to do in your Denver-area garden in late September
Fall gardening can be bittersweet for gardeners dreading the loss of blooming flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables.

Punch List: End of summer doesn’t mean end of your garden
Keep your harvest basket close and garden gloves on for late season planting.

Punch List: How to harvest and preserve tomatoes and other fruits and veggies
Ripe cherry tomatoes canāt be beat.

Punch List: How to rejuvenate and re-seed your lawn at the end of the summer
It¶¶Ņõap been a tough summer season on lawns.

Punch List: What to do in your Denver area garden this week, Aug. 13-19
Colorado gardeners will find plenty of things flying around what they've planted at this time of the year.

Punch List: What to do in your Denver area garden this week, Aug. 5-11
Weāre well in to the dog days of summer with steady heat, sun and stray storms. Bring on the tomato sandwiches and green-bean salad, and it wonāt be long before...