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 …
Annual flowers benefit bees too!
If you have been paying attention you know that our pollinators — bees, butterflies and other insects — are in decline. Why should we be …
You can still start your seeds indoors!
What’s a gardener to do in the middle of an April snowstorm, besides dream that is. We were not getting very seasonable weather but at least …
Now’s the time to start pruning
If you are like many of us, trees and shrubs form the foundation of your landscape. In many cases these woody plants receive little attention from us other …