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Cricket Rodriguez, 7, shows off a handful of sunflower seeds she harvested from her sunflowers on her family’s plot of land in the El Oasis Community Garden on Sept. 21, 2020 in Denver. (Helen H. Richardson, The Denver Post)
Having the right soil and right amount of water goes a long way toward having a successful vegetable garden, whether you’re planting in ground beds or containers on your patio.
Contra Costa Master Gardener Janet Miller answered many of the questions that arose during our recent Gardening 101 webinar.
Q. What’s the best way of dealing with heavy, heavy clay soil?
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Gardeners, from left to right: Andy Karsian, Mandy Miller, Patrick Griffith, Julie Kinamore, and Monica Martin, right, stand near their plots of land in the El Oasis Community Garden on Sept. 21, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post)
After months of uncertainty and frosty relations, Denver Urban Gardens and Lower Highland neighborhood residents who use the El Oasis garden will find out next week whether the property can be split in two.
The roughly 22,000-square-foot green space at 1847 W. 35th Ave.
has been the subject of controversy since nonprofit Denver Urban Gardens (DUG) last year announced it would sell the property for $1.2 million to cover debilitating budget shortfalls.