Here  is the intro to the Plant Resilience blog for mountain folks, with the first article on Common Juniper’s Uncommon Gifts:  Welcome to Plant Resilience!       (Ignore the blog platform’s […]

Boulder County is offering a grant opportunity for landowners who want to have leafy spurge treated on their land. Please reach out to Joe Swanson, Dyan Harden, or Mary Magee to […]

Since Smooth brome is the dominant grass around many of our homes and on our Open Space and it’s pollinating right now, some in the community might enjoy this brief […]

Some of our local foragers might enjoy reading this post on edible and chemical weed control written by one of my favorite forager writers, Wild Food Girl, who lives and […]

      Gold Hill Invasive Weeds: Questions Why are we talking about this?  Ecosystem concerns and federal/county mandate. Invasive weeds that are federally mandated for control by each state […]

Passing this on from Pam Sherman pamsher123@nullgmail.com If you were not able to attend or would like to rewatch either of the webinars, here are the links to the recorded […]

Forwarded by Pam Sherman Attached are two educational opportunities Post Fire Restoration Two webinars are being offered to assist landowners affected by the 2020 wildfire season in Colorado. February 18, […]

“Thank you for Gold Hill residents Emily Rose, Val Crist, Bear Carlson, Poppy Copeland, David Brigham, Joanne Cole, Amara East, Terry Walter & Rick Geesaman for their help pulling noxious […]

” WEED PULL UPDATE:Thank you Emily Rose, Terry Walter,  Rick Geesaman, Bear & Poppie Copeland for your help pulling weeds in the lower meadow!! We put a dent in it […]

Hey all,  Saw some bad daisies up high behind Steffi’s house this morning. Anyone interested in spending an hour, tomorrow Sunday at 9 am pulling bad daisies the length of the “de […]

In honor of Susan Fernalld who hosted so many weed picking days in the past- a revived weed day!   Please join Kate at the Fen trail Sunday 25th, 1:30 […]

Forwarded by PamSherman Currents A newsletter of Left Hand Watershed Center Summer is here! We’ve settled into the swing of summer, which is a busy time here at the Watershed […]

Here’s a post from CSU’s Colorado Mountain Gardener on Managing Bindweed in garden and field. The only thing I would add is that domestic ruminants (cows, goats, sheep, even some […]

Resources for Managing Invasive Plants The Colorado Weed Management Association (CWMA) website for invasive plants (weeds) in Colorado:                         […]

  Invasive Weeds With all this recent wet weather, everything plant is growing like crazy. This is a good time to weed whack or pull up any invasive plants on […]

Colorado Mountain Gardener   Why some weeds are slated for eradication Posted: 12 Jul 2018 02:09 PM PDT by Irene Shonle CSU Extension Gilpin County Why are there some weeds, […]

Save the Date:  Weed Walk ‘n Talk in Town Meadow with NRCS and CSU Extension  Tuesday July 31 from 1 to 2 pm  Sylvia Hickenlooper, Soil Conservationist with the Longmont […]

  Colorado Mountain Gardener   Weed ID and Control Class in Gilpin County Posted: 02 Jul 2018 09:04 AM PDT

If you would like to go on a wild weed walk to identify weeds, talk a little about their history (interaction with humans over the past thousand and more years), […]

Gold Hill Weed World:  (1) The Thistles (2) Cheatgrass (3)  Bindweed Thistles—Canada, Bull, Scotch To remove:  At this time of year, you can dig them out, cut them off at […]

Words on Town Weeds and Worms, April 10 Happy Spring, Gold Hill!  What a great town meeting we had last night wrt weeds  (and other topics). This email is a […]

Topic #1: Mullein   Photo by Sebastian Stabinger Courtesy Wikimedia Commons   Photo by Olivier Pichard Courtesy Wikimedia Commons Mullein—Uses and Mitigation The following is from the U.S. Forest Service […]

Fall Weed Bulletin. Well, this drought is good for something. And that is: slowing down the invasive weeds–the plants that have a tendency to take over and create a monoculture […]

Hi Gold Hill Neighbors,  Gold Hill residents for decades have cared about helping to restore and conserve our mountain habitat. Modern science has shown that if we nurture our native pollinators, this can happen. Our Gold Hill School has already taken the lead on this topic in the school system.  If you are interested in learning more about this for yourself and to share with neighbors, or to join the group of people […]

Hi, Here is the pdf on weed mgmt.  https://relationshipwithweeds.wordpress.com/ When you get to the site, scroll down on the down arrow at the bottom of the screen and click on […]