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The standard advice among fashionistas is to invest in classic clothing basics, such as jackets and pants, and indulge in trends on less expensive items…
The standard advice among fashionistas is to invest in classic clothing basics, such as jackets and pants, and indulge in trends on less expensive items…
Asparagus has so much going for it, yet it’s sometimes overlooked by gardeners. Don’t let that be you! Asparagus is very hardy in our northern…
In this weird, Seattle-like winter, nothing brightens up a home as much as a lemon, lime or orange tree growing indoors. Growing citrus indoors in…
Many of the plants in your garden will never need pruning. An entire summer of vegetable gardening can go by without any thought of pruning,…
With the winter of 2023-24 on track to be one of the warmest, if not the warmest winter ever recorded in Minnesota, what’s a gardener…
I won a copy of Marianne Willburn’s inviting book on tropical plants at a gardening event last fall. The author cheerfully signed it for me,…
Winter is a natural downtime for gardening in the North. There are always a few months after the garden has been put to bed (and…
When the USDA-Agriculture Research Service and Oregon State University released the updated map of plant hardiness zones for the United States, there was a collective…
It’s spring break season. Maybe you’re on your way to a tropical location, or you have a trip planned later this year to a unique…
Ready to cull your garden to decorate for the holidays? Gardens are great sources for holiday trimmings: holiday wreaths, arrangements and more. It’s a fun…
What’s your garden zone? Do you ever try to cheat it? I rarely do. Most of the plants I grow that belong in warmer zones…
Heart’s racing, hands shaking, you reach for the doorknob. The hinge creaks. Cobwebs stretch and snap as a widening crack of light seeps in, crawling…
Since dahlias are native to Mexico, it’s not surprising that they can’t survive our winters here. What makes them so popular with northern gardeners, however,…
If you’re reading this, you have a special relationship with making things appear from dirt. To some, it would seem an odd obsession, but to…
The intensely seasonal nature of the greenhouse and nursery industry in our region means that many gardeners only shop for plants in spring and early…
My massive black walnut tree has behavior issues. With the help of hordes of nut-addled squirrels, it drops a mess of debris and stains the…
Some plants reliably look good in a northern fall garden. Asters, goldenrods, sedums, maybe a Russian sage and some grasses. Add a hydrangea with big,…
Resistance may be futile, but try these tactics for keeping squirrels out of your garden. I like to imagine what a squirrel real estate listing…
Hello from South Minneapolis, where we have finally gotten some rain and slight relief to our drought conditions. This month’s Ask the Master Gardener question…
Rain gardens collect and filter storm-water runoff from impermeable surfaces such as building rooftops and parking lots. These surfaces often contain pollutants and debris like…