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Welcome!   I created this web site is to share my experiences with gardening at 8150 feet above sea level in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.  Our gardening conditions are very different from most of the United States.  Please, follow the links to learn more....
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where we live
button Location.  I describe our wonderful mountain property with this page.     Weather.  Our weather is both cooler and warmer then lower altitudes. On this page, I explain this paradox. button
button Environment.  Gardening conditions here are challenging but, in some ways, gardening is easier than it is at lower altitudes. I show how with these pages.     Wild Flowers.  A vast variety of wild flowers grow here.  With this gallery of photographs, I portray some of the wild flowers growing on our property. button

gardening activities
button Vegetable Gardening.  With this gallery of photographs, I explain some aspect of high altitude gardening or a particular gardening technique.     UPDATED! Flower Gardening.  Slowly but surely I am creating an alpine garden and a dry land (xeriscape) garden near our house.  Here, I chronicle my progress. button
button UPDATED! Landscaping with Rocks.  One thing we have in abundance is rocks of all sizes.  On this page, I describe some of the ways I have used rocks.     UPDATED! Maintaining the Forest.  I share some of our forest maintenance activities with these pages. button
button NEW! Greenhouse Growing.  With such a short growing season, even a temporary greenhouse is useful. I describe the one I use on this page.     NEW! Indoor Gardening.  I experimented with growing tomatoes and peppers indoors over the winter of 2001/2002. Here are the results. button
button NEW! Propagating Native Shrubs.  I am planting native shrubs on our property. Here I document my experiences and progress.

web resources
button High Altitude Gardening Topics.  As a way to share my experiences with gardening at high altitude, I wrote the topics archived here for a now defunct bulletin board.     UPDATED! Gardening and Local Links.  On this page, I provide links to both garden information sites and local web sites which have cams showing real time images of our mountain neighborhood. button

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Coming Winter 2003
  • Restoring a Meadow
  • Creating a Terrace with a Rock Retaining Wall
  • Building Steps in the Rock Wall
  • Rock Garden Update
  • More on Propagating Native Shrubs
  • More Wild Flower Photographs

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Last Updated 3/7/02