Growing a green healthy lawn
Our cool and wet spring appears to have yielded to a cool and wet summer. Yet, this is the time of year that many of us begin to set our sights on a green, …
Early bloomers
Once the snow finally melted and the ground had a chance to warm up I had many plants emerging and quite a few blooming. Many early spring bloomers are the …
Let the gardening begin!
We are all anxious to get outside in our yards so hopefully, Mother Nature has stopped fooling around with us. While it is only a couple of weeks …
It hasn’t been such a bad winter
Well so much for the lack of snow cover. Fortunately we had a good amount of snow on the ground before the polar vortex paid us a visit in …
Orchids – beautiful and easy to grow
I remember my first encounter with an orchid. It was given to me in a corsage by a young man who was escorting me to a high school dance. While I …
Plant trees to help reduce climate change
There has been a lot of discussion in the last months and years on the subject of climate change. While this may seem like a relatively …
Get your yard and garden ready for winter
One of the reasons I love living in Minnesota is that we actually have four seasons. However, I was starting to wonder if we …
Fall is a great time to garden
The 2018 gardening season may be slowing down but it is far from over. As September approaches our yards and gardens still require …
A variety of irises to grace your garden
Some of the most spectacular flowers in the garden are irises. With development and improvement that the iris has experienced over the last 50 years …
Tomatoes, the tasty fruit
Nothing tastes more like summer sunshine than the sweet tang of a just picked home-grown tomato. I don’t believe anything you buy in the …