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The two biggest issues for vegetable gardeners in the North are deer and rabbits. Both are relentless and clever, if they are hungry enough. Fencing…
Once your vegetable garden is planted, you’ll have just a few ongoing chores: watering, picking and weeding. None of these need be onerous (and, of…
Vegetables are living, growing things, and they need to be fed. The amount of nitrogen, phosophorous, potassium and trace minerals that plants need varies. (See…
Growing greens — lettuce, spinach, arugula and other leafy things — in your vegetable garden produces big pay-offs in taste and nutrition for relatively little…
One of the most popular articles ever written for Northern Gardener was on winter-sowing perennials. Winter sowing involves sowing seeds outdoors in mini-greenhouses, made of…
Once your seeds have germinated and the seedlings are growing, the next step in the process is transplanting them into a larger container—or not. If…
While many people like to place their vegetable garden in a separate space designed just for growing and harvesting food, others either lack enough space…
When you’re planning a vegetable garden, nearly as important as deciding what to grow in it is figuring out a design. A well-thought out plan…
For most gardeners, deciding which vegetables to plant is greatly affected by yesterday’s topic: whether they’ll be gardening in traditional beds, raised beds, or containers….
Some people are faced with a dilemma when planning their vegetable garden: should they plant their garden in the ground, or in raised beds, or…
Vegetables want to grow — remember that when things don’t seem to be going right in your new vegetable garden — they want to produce…
If 2013 is the year you plan to start a vegetable garden, welcome to the club! Since the economy stumbled in 2008, more Americans have…
Congratulations to Michelle of Red Wing, Minnesota, who has won the copy of The Layered Garden by David Culp. Thanks to all those who commented…
MSHS offers garden classes year-round, both at our office/store in Roseville and at other locations, such as garden centers and nurseries. Winter is a popular…
Some plants are like the popular kids in high school, says garden designer Andrew Keys in his new book, Why Grow THAT When You Can…
We have all visited those awe-inspiring gardens that seem to be designed to perfection. Season after season, they offer beauty, layers upon layers of color,…
T’was the week before Christmas, and you still haven’t got a gift for the gardener in your life. Never fear! MSHS has so many choices,…
Have you ever considered taking a class through MSHS? We offer a variety of classes on plants, garden design, floral design, vegetable gardening and other…
I’ve been meaning to review Evelyn J. Hadden’s latest book on creating yards with less or no lawn ever since she spoke at my hometown…
This post is an edited reprint from mynortherngarden.com, the blog of Northern Gardener editor, Mary Lahr Schier. Nothing says “Happy Holidays” and “Welcome” like an…
For the month of November, we offered up a list of 30 great plants for northern gardens. Many readers seemed to agree with the choices,…
By midsummer, many of the flowering shrubs in the northern garden have finished their show. The lilacs, azaleas, spirea and fruit shrubs have mostly settled…
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