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The Lakewood Lowdown
Hi, I'm Erin Feese, a community journalist here at YourHub.com.
As journalists, we are always seeking to uncover the newsy, the exciting, the weird and the heartwarming stories going on around us. The greatest part of YourHub.com is that you can be the one to tell your story. In this blog you'll find highlights of the Lakewood and Edgewater sites, as well as the musings of your friendly neighborhood journalist. So go ahead, uncover what's going on around you, and don't be afraid to share what you find.
How does your garden grow ...
Contributed by:
Erin Feese/YourHub.com
on 4/29/2008
I am so excited that it is spring. I have never realized how pretty crab apple trees are before, but my neighborhood (near Washington Park in south Denver) is awash in these pink beauties. On my way home the other day, I had to pull over and snap a photo of one particularly stunning tree.
Although I don't have a place for a full-fledged garden, as I'm renting and the backyard is pretty tiny, I do have a deck with ample sunshine, so I plan to grow some herbs. And maybe plant some flower pots.
Have you heard about the
Denver Daisy? Denver Mayor
John Hickenlooper unveiled a hybrid daisy on April 22 that bears the city's name. It's pretty darn cute. Apparently you can get free seeds by visiting KeyBank branches, most metro-area garden centers, Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver Historical Society or picking up a copy of the May
5280 magazine.
If you looking to stock up on some flowers, the city of Lakewood will hold its annual perennial plant sale from 8 to 11 a.m. May 3 at the city greenhouse, 9556 W. Yale Ave. In addition, Warren Tech's horticulture program will hold its annual plant sale May 1 through 31 at the program's garden center, 13000 W. Second Place, Lakewood. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Feel free to post your own gardening photos and share tips by posting them
here.
To get you in the gardening frame of mind,
Katherine Jerome has posted a few hilarious stories about her misadventures with zucchini. She writes, "
My mother says that 'even if you can't grow a weed, you can grow zucchini.' She's right . Zucchini grows best in the following conditions: dirt, mud, rock, sand, sunny, cloudy, rainy, hail, dry, hot, warm, cool, probably even cold, and possibly tornadoes."
Click
here to read more of Jerome's story and click
here for the zucchini sequel.
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