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 …
Ways to keep your garden going during the drought
In spite of a few cooler days and nights and a couple of days of light rain, the heat and drought continue to make this one of the most …
Water your trees
We feel like we are mourning the loss of an old friend. The stately old American elm tree in our front yard has succumbed to Dutch Elm Disease (DED). It has …
Water!
We experienced one of the hottest and driest Junes in recorded Minnesota history. Meteorologists predict that the record setting hot temperatures will …
Beetles move into Minnesota
A large topic of conversation surrounding the Victory Memorial Drive has been the large patches of dry, brown and dying grass, most near trees. There has been …
Get spectacular blooms with summer bulbs
This is spring in Minnesota. While we had some spectacular days near 80° in March, we had snow flurries and overnight temperatures below freezing in …
Spring is gonna be springing, what you can do in your garden now
Spring in Minneapolis! The calendar tells us that it is spring and we have been teased with a few days of temperatures in the 60s, but we can’t be …