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CSU Greenhouse Management students learning about branding for box stores

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Tagawa Greenhouses

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Tagawa Greenhouses

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Botany Lane Greenhouses

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Botany Lane Greenhouses

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Welby Gardens Greenhouses

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CSU Greenhouse Management students visiting Welby Gardens Greenhouses

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. Looks like I have some work to do.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. Looks like I have some work to do.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. Looks like I have some work to do.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. Looks like I have some work to do.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. After major pruning, bracing, and cabling of cracked branches, the tree looks better.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. After major pruning, bracing, and cabling of cracked branches, the tree looks even better from the street.

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Mid-May spring snow in northern Colorado will damage trees, which are fully leafed out. This crabapple is in my front yard. After major pruning, bracing, and cabling of cracked branches, the tree looks even better from the street.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. This 3 foot by 10 foot bed took two hours to build.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. These beds were built in 2009 and early spring greens are ready for harvest in early June.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. Our backyard is on a fairly steep slope. This eight foot wide octagon bed is designed to maximize production in a small space.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. Our backyard is on a fairly steep slope. This eight foot wide octagon bed is designed to maximize production in a small space. Here you can see the slope where the difference between the north side and the south side is about 18 inches. We placed a caisson to hold a center pole for vine type vegetables.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. Our backyard is on a fairly steep slope. This eight foot wide octagon bed is designed to maximize production in a small space. Here is the finished product with the bed fully excavated and backfilled with topsoil, composted leaves, and composted kitchen waste. The broken concrete pavers provide a less muddy alternative for working in the larger bed.

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Raised bed gardens allow you to maximize garden production in small spaces. Our backyard is on a fairly steep slope. This eight foot wide octagon bed is designed to maximize production in a small space. We found a discarded tetherball pole, which we have placed in the center of the bed and attached an old bicycle rim to the top. From this we will run the cords for vining vegetables. Our pole beans will be pole dancing.

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The Tweets and TwitPics are from Steve Newman's projects, visits, and antics on campus, greenhouses, gardens, travels, and daily life.