Boulder Homes for Sale - Gardening in Boulder County
This weekend the weather is supposed to be the warmest weekend so far this year. Many of you Boulder County residents are planning to do a bit of yard work and begin planting your gardens.
A word of caution to you as you begin planting your garden: there is still a risk of frost. You should feel confident to go ahead and plant seeds this weekend, but..... you might want to hold off setting out some of those tender bedding plants just yet (unless of course, you have a plan for covering them when we have a few more nights of sub-freezing temps.
Being a Colorado native; I recall my Dad saying on more than one occasion "don't plant your bedding plants until after Memorial Day, unless you are willing to risk losing them to frost." And... more than once, we got a little over anxious and planted anyway, because the weather just seemed so nice. It typically ended in having to replace those tender young plants....
The same holds true for all those beautiful flowers all the gardening stores are starting to carry. Perennials are more cold hardy than annuals and should be okay to put out in your porch and patio pots; but I'd be cautious about putting out any annuals just yet unless you're willing to bring in the pots or cover them on cold nights.
(Photo courtesy of microsoft office.)
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