Wrath of a Colorado storms hits my garden

Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, August 8, 2009 In : Gardening 

An unexpected surgery and lengthy recovery kept me out of my garden for a good portion of the summer.  My loving husband and boys got in the garden boxes to weed when I couldn't.  Garden experts @gardnhelp gave me advice on proper feeding/fertilizing of my tomato plants which grew large, but with little to no fruit.  I did what I could with limited physical activity and a schedule that never seemed to stop with family activities and work.

I admit I have had only small hope for the tomato plant...


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YES! It's a tiger lily!

Posted by Misty Montano on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 In : Flower Garden 


It opened this morning!



The lone orange in the sea of pink!

Tiger lilies are what my Grandma Baker grew by the porch.  They remind me of her and therefore are my favorite flower.  I can't express how happy and emotional I was this morning when I saw it had finally opened and saw that it was indeed a tiger lily.  I planted a bunch of them in the fall and didn't know if they had survived the winter and the late spring snow storms.
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My in progress flower garden

Posted by Misty Montano on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 In : Flower Garden 
Grass simply would not grow on the south lawn in front of the huge evergreen at our house.  I've always loved flower gardens so I gave up the grass fight and turned that whole section of yard into a flower garden.  I tore it all right up, which included the grass that was growing.  Now I've got a yard with it's own mini-ecosystems and I'm truly at a loss at what to do.

I'd love to hear your suggestions on what I can do!



View from the street.



View from the front door.



My day lillies



Where I have t...
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Garden Boxes

Posted by Misty Montano on Sunday, May 31, 2009 In : Gardening 

I love to garden.  I love fresh vegetables through the summer and fall.  My garden takes me back to my Grandma & Grandpa Baker's home and Grandpa's garden that seemed to go on forever.  I try every year to create the garden from my childhood.  I try to make Grandpa proud. 

I grew up in Nebraska where you just planted the seed, added water and voila a beautiful and plentiful garden grew.  I quickly learned that Colorado gardening is not the same as Nebraska gardening and I'm pretty sure Grandp...


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I answer to many names Misty Lou, Misty Jean, Mistycal and even Extrafancy are just a few of the nicknames to which I answer. The most important names though are Wife, StepMom and Mom. With all these names it's sometimes hard to know who I am! This blog started as a Nebraska girl learning, trying, succeeding and failing at gardening in Colorado. Along the way in growing my garden, I grew my family too as I married a wonderful man and became StepMom to two precious Boys. Now our family grows more as we have a Baby Girl. So here is all of me as I share my family, home and garden. BTW my middle name is Jennifer; my name is Misty Jennifer Montano.

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