Late Summer Flowers of the Dan330 Gardens
In the perennial garden spring bulbs and flowering trees and bushes usher in the garden season. They are followed by the beauty of the showy […]
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Pollinator Friendly Gardens, Part 1
Pollinator Friendly Gardens, Part 1 Tuesday’s Protect the Pollinators symposium at theMinnesota Landscape Arboretum included four great speakers on butterflies, bees, other pollinators, the threats they face and […]
How to Grow Green Beans
One of the easiest and most rewarding vegetable crops for northern gardeners are green beans. Whether you call them snap, string, shell or dried, green […]
How Big? Planting the Right Size Shrubs
How Big? Planting the Right Size Shrubs It’s happened to many gardeners and homeowners. You plant a trio of cute little shrubs in front of […]
What Makes a Great Peonie?
What Makes a Great Peony Peony blooms are lovely even before they open. The prairies of southern Minnesota area among the best places in the […]
6 Tips for New Vegetable Gardeners
Containers, even hanging baskets, can be used to grow vegetables. Is this the year you plan to start a vegetable garden? We hope so, because […]
Six Tips for New Vegetable Gardeners
Containers, even hanging baskets, can be used to grow vegetables. Is this the year you plan to start a vegetable garden? We hope so, […]
Fall Gardening Tips
Fall, the clash of the atmospheric titans, Winter and Summer is well underway. In the northern latitudes the we are on a weather rollercoaster. Cold […]
Tips on Harvesting Pumpkins and Saving the Seeds
Here in the Northern part of the country Fall is in the air. It is a great time of year with warm days and cool […]
Gardening for Birds and Bees and Everything else
Gardening for birds, bees and other wildlife is not difficult — and it definitely does not mean your yard will look messy. The next issue […]
It’s Time to Start Saving Seeds for Next Year
‘Trail of Tears’ beans in pod With the vegetable garden bulging with produce and many flowers starting to fade, seed savers are on the look-out […]
Low Sugar Apple Sauce
This is the time of year when people love heading to their local orchard or (if they are lucky) harvesting the last few apples off […]
How to grow green beans for a great salad
Cherokee Trail of Tears beans dried and ready for winter eating. One of the easiest and most rewarding vegetable crops for northern gardeners are green […]
Japanese Beetles – They’re here…
While they prefer roses, Japanese beetles will attack many plants, including daisies. While several weeks later than last year, Japanese beetles definitely have arrived in […]
Garden Chores for September
Sedum ‘Matrona’ is a fall bloomer that brings color to the September garden. As August ends and fall activities gear up, it’s easy to let […]
Five Easy Fall Container Ideas
By this time, some gardeners in the northern tier have experienced a frost or even a freeze, and that means summer container plantings may be […]
Best Thing Ever to Make with Red Peppers
If you are lucky, your vegetable garden is bulging with colored peppers. If not, local farmers’ markets have plenty, and this recipe for red pepper […]
How to grow Roses
Modern Blush shrub rose at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. There have been volumes written on how to grow roses, but for most home gardeners the rules […]
Hostas – A collector plant for Northern gardens
Hostas This large garden uses hosta as a back-bone plant. If ever there was a collector plant for northern gardens, hosta would be it. We […]
Peonies – Great Plants for Northern Gardens
Great Plants for Northern Gardens: Peonies This a guest blog from our friends at the Northern Gardener.org. Part one of a series. Many gardeners look […]