Garden & Landscape
Your Colorado yard and garden can be a challenge. Whether your garden is getting eaten alive or your yard is getting brown, we are here for you with volunteer Master Gardeners and a Horticulturist. In Colorado, there are some tips and tricks that can help you make your green thumb grow. Our research-based experience and volunteers set us apart from other resources in Morgan County.
Horticulture services
Need help with your yard or garden? Morgan County Extension is here to help. If you have questions about your yard or garden please call, email, or visit our office!
To connect with our horticulture agent please call:
(970) 542-3542
Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Soil sampling
A soil test is the best way to check the growing potential of your garden. You can buy the most attractive plants in the greenhouse or order the best seeds, but they won’t produce the best results if the soil lacks the proper nutrition or the proper qualities the soil should have.
The “routine” Garden and Landscape test will take the guess work out of your garden’s growing potential. It will guide you in deciding which nutrients are lacking and sometimes, more importantly, which you have too much of. Over-fertilizing is a common gardening problem. It is not only expensive, but it may harm your garden’s production and our environment. CSU also enables you to have your garden retested at a discount to check on your garden’s progress.
Seedling trees
The seedling tree program allows farmers, ranchers and rural landowners to obtain trees at a nominal cost. Our goal is to encourage landowners to plant new forests; to establish effective windbreaks that reduce erosion; to protect homes, cropland, livestock and highways; and to enhance wildlife habitat. Trees and shrubs are grown for conservation benefits only. Ornamental qualities such as color, degree of flowering, fruit production, etc. are not guaranteed.
A guide is available that provides useful information about growth form, crown density, size, drought resistance, cold hardiness, growth rate, life span, elevation range, soil conditions, possible insects and disease problems, wildlife value, and other information. This information also has been condensed and combined with other information into the easy-to-use Species Suitability Guide for Colorado.
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