Re: Gardening in Colorado
You're right. Tell her to contact her county agent for recommendations of
varieties. She'll have to cope with the altitude (high), strong winds and
a cold winter. An excellent book on gardening was written by a woman in
the Fort Collins area. Buy it for your friend as a gift. It's "The
Undaunted Garden" by Lauren Springer (she's also a garden columnist for The
Denver Post). Another book, by Herb Gundell, is "A Gardener's Guide to
Rocky Mountain Gardening." Springer's book is regarded by most as
outstanding. Margaret L
>I have a friend who just moved to Fort Collins, Colorado. She wants me to
>send here some seeds. I'm from Houston and can't think a place with a more
>different climate and soil. What varieties of tomatoes and corn, etc. might
>do well there? She says her growing season extends into October.
>
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