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Growing on the
Front Range of Colorado
Here are articles on things like how to start seeds indoors and outdoors, where to start if you’ve never grown a garden before, and my experiences growing on the Front Range of Colorado. Click links on the index, or scroll down to browse the whole blog feed.
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Beginners
- Mar 30, 2020 Site observation, selection, and planning (part 1)
- Apr 3, 2020 Site preparation, raised beds, and how to fill them (Part 2)
- May 4, 2020 Tomato Terminology
- May 6, 2020 How to get plants for your garden (part 3)
- May 12, 2020 When to plant outside (part 4)
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Gardening
- Mar 29, 2020 Welcome to The Inspired Sprout
- Apr 29, 2020 How to harden off your plants
- Aug 30, 2020 What have I been up to? Update
- Aug 30, 2020 Fall Planting
- Sep 3, 2020 Protecting the garden from a light freeze
- Jan 26, 2024 2023 in Review: Tomatoes
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Preserving the Harvest
- Sep 10, 2020 Preserving tomatoes: freezing
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Seed Starting
- Apr 14, 2020 Seed Starting Equipment
- Apr 22, 2020 Seed Starting Part 2
- Apr 22, 2020 Seed Starting - After Germination
- Mar 9, 2024 Seed Starting - Dense Planting Method
- Mar 20, 2025 What to Plant in March: Front Range of Colorado
- Mar 23, 2025 What to Plant in April: Front Range of Colorado
- May 1, 2025 What to Plant in May: Front Range of Colorado
Welcome to The Inspired Sprout
Hi! Welcome! Some of you may already know me. I’m Nicole. I am a gardener in Loveland, Colorado. To say I love plants would be an understatement. My first passion is gardening, but a close second is my houseplants. Other hobbies include watercolor, reading and reasearching, making soap (I used to have a business on Etsy), cardmaking, yoga, and crochet, though I haven’t had as much time for these since my son was born. I am the founder of the Facebook groups Plant Exchange Northern Colorado and Gardening in Northern Colorado. If you’re here from one of the groups, welcome!