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Historic farm within urban area serves as research site for CU Denver students
June 11, 2013
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University of Colorado Denver students explore how global and local models of agricultural production are feeding the planet in a new sustainable agriculture program. The students get hands-on study and research opportunities at a 13-acre urban farm in Wheat Ridge, Colo. Five Fridges Farm, a field research station in the suburbs, is also the home of Amanda Weaver, a geography instructor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences. Weaver is coordinator of the four-class certificate program in Food Systems and Sustainable Urban Agriculture. Weaver’s passion to integrate sustainable farming with urban areas led her to buy the farm, which is a conservation easement that’s been donated to Colorado Open Lands, a land conservation group. The farm was first settled by Ernestine and Walt Williams in the early 20th century. While the site offers the assortment of chores that busy any farmer, it also comes with the challenges — zoning
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Plant talk: Growing blackberries in home gardens
In blackberries, the receptacle — white core of the fruit — is part of the fruit when picked. In raspberries the receptacle remains on the plant when picked. Types and
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Amid growing interest, canning workshop draws diverse crowd
As the number of people relishing the idea of growing and preserving produce increases each year by leaps and bounds, a recent produce preservation workshop in Kansas produced bountiful interest
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Simple steps in storing root vegetables can lead to great food months later
Gardening is a great hobby — practitioners spend time outdoors getting exercise while making yards beautiful and vegetable gardens productive. One of the best rewards for many is the fresh,
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Drip irrigation, drought, wreath talks highlight Kansas Christmas tree workshop
It almost seemed like the 60 Christmas tree growers were elves in Santa’s workshop, as they excitedly gathered at an early June workshop of their own in Kansas, to strategize
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Ag, energy at heart of proposed “North Colorado”
Weld County commissioners on Thursday announced that they want to join other northeastern Colorado counties in forming a new state — North Colorado. Commissioners said a “collective mass” of issues
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48th Annual Colorado Gun Collectors Association Gun Show: No ordinary show
Saying the Colorado Gun Collectors Association Gun Show is just another gun show is like saying the Smithsonian Museum is just another museum or that Frederic Remington is just another
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Plant talk: Keep an eye out for abnormal and distorted growth
When it comes to plant abnormalities, the most common show up as curled or cupped leaves. Insects, mites, disease organisms, herbicides and weather events can lead to malformation of leaf,
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The Conner family grows Bing cherries in Hotchkiss, Colo.
Ed Conner never planned on getting into the cherry business when he was a kid. In fact, the only experience that he got while growing up in Delta, Colo., was
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Fertilizing backyard fruit trees: Lack of adequate nutrients will impact growth, production
Fruit trees are fertilized to ensure continued growth and fruit production. In the backyard orchard, proper pruning in addition to the application of nitrogen in the spring prior to or
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A Chat with Haythorn Ranch
Company’s Harry
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The Haythorn name is synonymous with ranching in the Nebraska Sandhills region since 1884, when Harry Haythornwaite (later changed to Haythorn) filed on a homestead that became the historic Haythorn
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