Nothing beats fresh homegrown tomatoes
Finally the tomatoes are planted! The cool weather this spring led me to wonder if the soil would ever be warm enough to plant them. (Planting tomatoes in soil …
Mow your lawn the correct way
We are nearing the end of “No Mow May.” The Department of Natural Resources and many Minnesota communities promote not mowing your lawn in the month …
Picking a tree
As I said in my last column I have been thinking a lot about trees lately. Since losing our 85-year-old elm tree to Dutch Elm disease last summer we have been …
Trees, an essential part of life
“I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree” Trees by Joyce Kilmer “Under the spreading chestnut tree the village smithy …
Spring will soon be blooming
The weather is still vacillating between cold and sunny and warmer and snowing and I am still thinking about my new sun garden in the front of my house. …
Add some asters to your garden
I am still musing over the renovation of my front garden. As I consider the myriad of plants that are hardy in our climate I have decided that I need to …
Start planning your garden now
2022! A new year and another chance to start afresh. There are many ways to do that, but for a gardener the months of January, February and March …
Mistletoe has an interesting history
As I am writing this we are seeing the first “snowfall” of the season, not unexpectedly blanketing my unprepared garden. I was hoping to have a few more …
Tiny creatures seek a warm place
As we switch out our tee shirts for sweaters and our iced tea for pumpkin lattes, we are not the only creatures preparing for the coming of cooler …
Start now for spring green!
Invasive pests, heat, drought and dying trees; it seems like that is all I have been writing about this gardening season. It has not been the best year …