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Seeing a prairie or a meadow full of blooming compass plant (Silphium laciniatum) in mid-to-late summer is an optimistic sight. Among the three species of…
Your garden can be a place to watch the incredible drama of an insect’s life unfold. But it’s helpful to know what to look for….
Minnesotans are actively working to restore and manage native ecosystems on its public lands, especially prairies, wetlands, forests and other native plant communities. These projects…
Invest in a few basic tools to increase your chances of successful transplants. Quality propagation tools are the backbone of gardening success; they ensure clean,…
Featured above: Many tender rose varieties are grafted to hardier stems to help them survive in northern climates. Want to grow your garden without spending…
Successful plant propagation starts long before you make your first cut. By combining the tips below with the advice from recent Northern Gardener articles on how to…
I was backpacking with a friend along Wisconsin’s Ice Age trail during a hot spell in June. I had taken some time away from my…
It’s the perfect food and habitat for jumping worms. Before you reach for those bags of wood chips or bark mulch in the spring, you…
Ah, Autumn! The joyous season of the harvest, for us green-thumbed folk. However, this season of warmth and coziness isn’t without its tribulations for growers….
As the onset of cool, autumnal winds pushes out the corn-sweatingly sweltering summer, we northern gardeners enter one of the most fleetingly beautiful times of…
Gardeners don’t need special shoes and clubs like golfers do, and we don’t have topricey rods and reels like anglers or a fancy bike, helmet…
Tweak your plant shopping list with these four factors in mind. Have you tried adding prairie plants to your garden and been less than thrilled…
With garden planning season in full swing, many gardeners are thinking beyond which varieties of vegetables they want to grow and wondering how they can…
Is there an area in your garden or property where it’s hard to get rid of non-native invasive plants? Or maybe you have a section…
What do you think of when you hear the word forest? Stands of massive redwoods? Old growth forests in Canada? A national forest? The “North…
Spring is here! Central Minnesota’s two-year drought has recently all but come to an end with some glorious rainfall. It’s wonderful to see the way…
If you want a productive home garden, add nourishing compost, preferably homegrown. Judith Anthony, whose unusual raspberry trellising system is profiled in the Spring 2024…
It must be garden planning season because two different people recently asked me variations of this question. Let’s dig in. Question: I’d really like to…
Have you heard about agroecology? There’s a movement among some farmers and growers toward “greener” crops—switching from genetically modified (GMO), non-native plants to native crops…
Beyond their value in the garden and the larger ecosystem, many native plants make excellent additions to cut floral arrangements. And many have vase lives…
If you’re keen to help bees and butterflies—and as a gardener, of course you are—there’s a plant you’ll most definitely want to add to your…
This question came via Facebook, and I sadly have personal experience with it. You’re trying to grow native plants and support pollinators however you can,…
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