Outdoors

  Indian Hills resident Micahlynn Rivera designs websites and consults for online marketing by day — and she gardens by day, too.

Rivera launched Indian Hills’ farmers market in 2012 and runs her own organic high-altitude micro-farm from her home. The all-natural enthusiast is also certified as a master gardener in both Colorado and Arizona.

With the recent mild winter in mind, Rivera offered tips to the Times on how mountain-area residents can manage the upcoming gardening season in high-altitude. 

Erik Drummond, who loves cooking over a campfire, had to improvise when he visited Conifer Community Park at Beaver Ranch recently.

The Fort Collins resident, who creates elaborate sandwiches in his pie iron, was stymied by the state- and countywide open-flame bans prompted by wildfires around Colorado.

Drummond didn’t want to give up his hot melts, so he improvised and stuck the cast-iron device into the flames on his gas-powered camp stove. 

The questions I am most frequently asked are, “What is the best bird book for this area?” or “What is the best bird book for identification? or “What book do you use?” Actually, I use three books most frequently.

Pam Little was 16 when she landed her first summer job leading nature walks and stargazing expeditions.