Between Denver and Boulder

This is the followup to my initial post on How to Start a Vegetable Garden. Step 2: Prepare your garden's soil. If that sounds like work to you, you're right! One way to lessen the workload is to only prepare the soil where the plants will actually be growing. So you'd lay out beds, with paths be...

Does the look on this little gardener's face remind you of how you feel when you think about starting a vegetable garden?  If so, I hope this  post will help! If I were going to start a vegetable garden from scratch, this is how I'd do it: 1. Pick a spot. Veggies need lots of sun, so pay attentio...

Early in my career, as I got busier and busier, I realized there was a point beyond which I didn't feel I'd be able to give my clients the kind of attention they deserved.  So I made a committment at that time to limit the number of clients I work with at one time. I always tell people this, and ...

Joetta’s Neighborhood Newsletter May, 2012 To All My Friends & Neighbors – Greetings! Wondering ‘What’s Up’ With the Real Estate Market? If so, you’re not alone! Have you been hearing all the good news? Are you excited?  Or, are you wondering if this is going to be like 2008 – when report after r...

I wrote the post below on May 9 of last year (2011).  The interesting thing is that most of these blooms are already long gone already this year (May 14, 2012).   Our season is very early due to early warm weather. The fun part of this spring has been that the warm weather keeps giving way to chi...

This is a monthly market report for Arvada homes, a small town between Denver and Boulder. See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) Arvada's real estate market is not the same as Denver or Boulder, but is very similar to Westminster, Broomfield, Lakew...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  This price range is, of course, where you find the 'mother lode' of foreclosures, and even a few short sales.  The percentage of Arvada homes that sold as foreclosures and short sal...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  Since I am out there, working in Arvada's real estate market every day, I would have guessed that this price range would show a decrease in the days on market from previous years, a...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you: Last year was rough in this price range, but improvement in both median days on market and percentage of short sales and foreclosures is encouraging. This is a 'hot' price range for ...

See current market reports for Arvada, Westminster, and Broomfield CO (click the link) What this report tells you:  The percentage of Arvada homes that sold as short sales and foreclosures has steadily increased over the past three years in this price range.  However, even at its highest, it's no...