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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…
I haven’t always loved growing plants, and I definitely haven’t always been good at it. In fact, there was a time when I could barely…
By early December, the garden is freezing up and most northern gardeners are settled in for the winter. Besides checking for garden catalogs, taking classes…
Poinsettias are a classic holiday plant, filling churches, malls and other public spaces with their red, pink and white splendor. But if poinsettias are not…
After the last Ice Age, Minnesota was a land with vast expanses of pine tree forests, so it’s no surprise that homeowners and gardeners have…
The snow squeaks under your boots as you trudge through the drifts to the mailbox. It’s only December, but you’re already growing weary of the…
As we near the end of November, it’s time to button up the garden and the gardener for winter. Cut back plants in fall (or…
Let’s face it: gardening in a northern zone means November is about as depressing as gardening gets. I mean, I love my plants, and watching…
I admit, I shudder a bit to see Target being transformed into a Christmas wonderland around Halloween, but at the same time, it was a…
“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…
Few things brighten up a winter kitchen like a cheerful container of herbs on the windowsill, but those savory stems take on glamorous appeal when…
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…
Author Kim Roman says YES, you can. In her new book, How to Garden Indoors and Grow Your Own Food Year Round (Creative Homeowner, 2022),…
Native plant seeds are drying and ready for collecting! First things first, always get permission from those who manage or own the site or garden….
Revised July 2025 Since dahlias are native to Mexico, it’s not surprising that they can’t survive our winters here. What makes them so popular with…
Early October is one of the best times to plant bulbs in the North. These tiny, dried bulbs will bloom from early April until June,…
Bugs. I’m not generally a fan – I don’t want them in my house, my hair or my stuff – and it’s taken a lot…
In October, many northern gardeners’ thoughts turn to winter clean-up. But don’t scrub your trowel just yet—many plants thrive when planted in the fall, even…
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…
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