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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.

Lavender provides gardeners with scent, color, culinary herbs and craft materials.

Punch List: West’s gardens showing signs of last winter’s damage

April 29, 2016 at 2:23 p.m.

Punch List: West's gardens showing signs of last winter's damage

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Punch List: Sow some zinnias, transplant your tomatoes

April 29, 2016 at 10:04 p.m.

Punch List: Sow some zinnias, transplant your tomatoes

May is a great month to renovate a garden bed with drought-tolerant but colorful perennials, such as this fiery red ice plant.

Punch List: Pent-up garden urges? Mother’s Day weekend is official kickoff

April 29, 2016 at 7:06 p.m.

Punch List: Pent-up garden urges? Mother's Day weekend is official kickoff

It's time to sow your radishes.

Punch List: Rock the cool-season stuff, but wait for a warm-up to put in tomatoes

April 29, 2016 at 2:05 p.m.

Punch List: Rock the cool-season stuff, but wait for a warm-up to put in tomatoes

Cabbage seedlings can be planted afterbeing hardened off.

Punch List: Time to mow, prune roses, plant cool-season veggies and potatoes

April 30, 2016 at 2:04 p.m.

Punch List: Time to mow, prune roses, plant cool-season veggies and potatoes

Pansies and violets can withstand Colorado's whiplash spring weather; you can keep planting them right up until summer.

Punch List: Spruce the landscape up and cross to-dos off the list

April 30, 2016 at 2:06 p.m.

Punch List: Spruce the landscape up and cross to-dos off the list

Let a weed like this Scotch thistle get to the point of being a dried seedhead, and you've lost the battle. Now, in spring, is the time to attack weeds.

Punch List: It’s time to divide perennials and get after those weeds

April 30, 2016 at 11:14 a.m.

Punch List: It's time to divide perennials and get after those weeds

Start with a cleaN canvas. Clearing the ground is an important first step in planning your landscape in the spring.

Punch List: Water restrictions have good and not-so-good consequences

April 30, 2016 at 5:07 a.m.

Punch List: Water restrictions have good and not-so-good consequences

A gardener waters flowers in a community garden in Denver.

Punch List: Get a community garden plot; jump-start your lawn’s health

April 30, 2016 at 11:16 a.m.

Punch List: Get a community garden plot; jump-start your lawn's health

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Punch List: Drought watch in Colorado

March 22, 2013 at 4:29 p.m.

Punch List: Drought watch in Colorado