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Imagine discovering blocks of front yard food gardens right around the corner. Thanks to the artists and market gardeners of The Black Radish, there’s a…
Ed. note: This article supplements a larger feature on community gardening in the Fall 2025 issue of Northern Gardener. Learn more about how you may…
Growing vegetables in containers is fun and easy, as long as you have three elements working together: container size, proper light and good potting soil….
Dealing with plant-wrecking pests can be frustrating and difficult, especially when trying to garden organically. Balancing desires to support the local ecosystem and beneficial insects…
Growing ornamental, blooming plants alongside fruits and vegetables offers many benefits, and it’s fun! The term “companion planting” is defined by WebMD as “the practice…
It’s tomato season! Delicious tomatoes, sun-ripened and fresh from the vine—what’s better than that? Of course, any gardening endeavor produces questions, and you may be…
“I believe more fruit and vegetables are lost every year through improper storage than through any other cause,” wrote F.B.McLeran of Wrenshall in 1907. To…
It’s simple, really. I prefer the easy road. Grab a carrot, a couple potatoes, maybe an onion or garlic and cook a simple family dinner….
One of the joys of growing your own food is the perennial opportunity to push the growing season and try new things, even those that…
Salads are a favorite meal in our home, which made growing lettuce a priority when space was carved out for a vegetable garden. It quickly…
If you check out seed catalogs and plant websites lately, you may notice that vegetables are shrinking. Not all vegetables, of course, but more and…
Updated July 2025 With heat, humidity and occasional rains, many gardens will be exploding by early July. Fortunately, we gardeners can enjoy them with a…
As the first part of the vegetable garden season winds down, harvest holes may start appearing in your garden. These are the spots where you…
For vegetable gardeners on mature lots, deciding what to plant can be tricky. Most vegetables need a minimum of six to eight hours of…
With many garden crops ripening two or more weeks later than usual, the frenzy of preserving and storing has moved from August into September this…
Updated May 2025 What’s growing in your vegetable garden these days? How about trying something different—maybe Chinese cabbage or pak choi, spicy mustard greens or…
By carefully choosing which crops and varieties you grow in your vegetable garden, it’s possible to extend the growing season several weeks in the North….
Get more out of your vegetable garden by extending the season, both in the spring and in the fall. Below are some ways to extend…
Updated July 2025 Even with a short Minnesota growing season, you can extend the productivity of your vegetable garden by replanting certain vegetables a second…
Before we even start talking about pests, let’s be clear: Most bugs are good bugs, and trying to keep your vegetable garden bug-free is not…
Updated June 2025 Now that you’ve got your tomato planted, there are other things to keep in mind, like how to minimize its upkeep. One…
Updated June 2025 People are understandably disappointed when the plants they’ve carefully tended and nurtured fail to produce the bountiful crop they dreamed about all…
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