What is the besttime to plant in Denver? Is there a certain date? With the crazy weather we have in April, case in point the snow we saw on Friday and last night, it can make it difficult to decide when thelast big storm will be and at what point you can be confidentthe time you spent in in the dirt on hands and knees will be worth it. I [...]

Spring Fling is

In keeping with the Earth Day theme and piggypacking on Mark White's great blog this morning about our Water Karma, it got me thinking as I heard the lawn mowers being fired up outside, just how much impact does our obsession with a green lawn have on our environment, especially here in [...]

I've been sitting on the porch looking at the rain and my green spring grass, looking atseed catalogs, and dreaming about how great my garden will look in May and how brown it will be by August. I'll admit to working to conserve water in my daily life (low flush toilets, no running water while I brush my teeth) but when it comes to the [...]

I've been posting about the Launch of Denver B Cycle on Facebook. If you don't know about it you should! It's a GREAT new way to see Denver, or to get around the city. You go to any of the 50 or so stations in the city, and check out a bike...then return it at the station where you got it or check it in at your destination. Say you're in [...]

I read today that Denver was just named a top 20 city of the future by Sunset magazine. The article states that the 2010's shall be the Decade of Experimentationand the West will be its laboratory. We can definitely see evidence of this in our aggresive light rail program, bike sharing and plethora of "green" building. It is great to see [...]

Can you believe it is already Tax Day? While there really isn't much correlation between Tax Day and the deadline for the First Time Tax Buyer Credit, now that we are half way through April, I have been getting asked a lot if there is still time to qualify for the tax credit? The answer is [...]