Jon and I took advantage of the great weather yesterday to head over to South Valley Park for some hiking. (For those of you regular readers, this is close to the park where Jon's brother Joe went running last weekend.) We had a great time and walked about 3 miles on the trails. We saw many dogs (including a Dauschund!) but no elk, despite the name of one of the trails. The landscape is striking and serves as a reminder that Colorado is in fact a very arid climate (why did I always picture it as verdant and lush??). It's still pretty, just so different from Dallas. One of the plants that is prevalent in the landscape is what I call the fuzzy cabbage. I have no idea what it really is - question of the week! Does anyone know the actual name?
After the hike we headed back towards home and grabbed a slice of pizza at a local place we like. Then it was off to Home Depot with everyone else to purchase gardening supplies. We bough a rake, fertilizer, potting soil, 3 herbs (chives, mint, and hot & spicy oregano - Jon's choice!), plus a small purple primrose. We planted our new plants in small pots on the deck so that they can come inside in case of freezes. It's hard to know what and when to plant here - it's been in the 60's for a couple of weeks now but everyone says March usually gets quite a bit of snow. We're just learning as we go along I guess. I do love this time of year though - new plants and new plans for the garden. I hope everyone else is having fun planning their garden too!
After the hike we headed back towards home and grabbed a slice of pizza at a local place we like. Then it was off to Home Depot with everyone else to purchase gardening supplies. We bough a rake, fertilizer, potting soil, 3 herbs (chives, mint, and hot & spicy oregano - Jon's choice!), plus a small purple primrose. We planted our new plants in small pots on the deck so that they can come inside in case of freezes. It's hard to know what and when to plant here - it's been in the 60's for a couple of weeks now but everyone says March usually gets quite a bit of snow. We're just learning as we go along I guess. I do love this time of year though - new plants and new plans for the garden. I hope everyone else is having fun planning their garden too!
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You can see a good set of pictures of Deer Creek Canyon Park here
Fuzzy Cabbage has to be a better name than whatever the real name is. No question.
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