Calling all Gardeners!

Just want to give a shout out to our residents out there who are Gardeners.  Some might wonder if we are crazy trying to garden in this climate, with this wind. That is not the case at all.  Typically we garden for the sheer love of it.  Watching something you plant grow successfully, whether it be eaten at your table or providing nectar for the bees, it is a beautiful thing.  I have met a few in our community that have the same passion for gardening as I do.  We must deal with the same challenges such as wind, pocket gophers, deer, rabbits and to me the most challenging of all, Grasshoppers. 

If you could share some tips for successful gardening that would be greatly appreciated!   Our local http://elbert.colostate.edu/ office is a wonderful resource, but usually I find the best tips from the gardeners themselves. 

In our garden we only use drip watering due to the high winds here.  In the past I have used "soaker" hoses however this year I will be going with emitter hoses.  They are smaller, easier to get directly to the plants.  

My favorite thing to grow every year is pumpkins for my grown daughters living in the city.  They enjoy picking their pumpkins to take home and carve with their children.

How about you?  What are your gardening tips?  Favorite things to grow?  How you keep the pests out of the garden?  

Board of Director's Meeting tonight, April 11, 2013 6:00 pm.

The HOA board of directors meeting is tonight.  Homeowners are welcome to attend.  One of our homeowners told us a story of their experience with an HOA they were a part of where homeowners looked forward to the meetings!  They gathered in neighborly friendship at each meeting and these meeting were highly attended.  As in the MAJORITY of all the homeowners came to every meeting.  That is a wonderful story.

How can we get there from here?  Well, may be it starts with just a few people.