Growing Garden in a Box
One of the Minnesota State Horticulture Society’s most successful programs over the past few years has been Garden in a Box, which gives low-income gardeners…

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One of the Minnesota State Horticulture Society’s most successful programs over the past few years has been Garden in a Box, which gives low-income gardeners…
This week, Minnesotans will be hearing (a lot!) about Give to the Max Day, a once-a-year event during which people can make online donations to…
Like most folks who publish magazines or blogs or books, we at Northern Gardener most enjoy hearing comments and compliments from our readers. “That feature…
The current issue of Northern Gardener includes a delightful profile of a Minnesota gardener who is incorporating permaculture principles in her home landscape. The idea…
The November/December issue of Northern Gardener should be on display at many garden centers and bookstores in Minnesota now. The issue includes several great articles…
Gardeners seem to share a number of characteristics, besides their love of gardening. Many are also good cooks; a lot are big readers or crafters…
Most Minnesota gardeners have already harvested their winter squash — the goal is to get them out of the fields before there is a hard…
Many Minnesota gardeners woke up this morning to a blanket of white on their yards and gardens — and it wasn’t snow. It was a…
Gardeners have been using pumpkins as fall containers for several years now. (Here’s my first effort from back in 2007.) With more people sharing ideas…
Friday we suggested the first five of our fall gardening chores list. If you do those five alone, you’re on your way to a good…
Some parts of Minnesota have not even experienced frost yet, but with fall color starting to peak, there is no question that the gardening season…
We have yet to have frost in the Twin Cities, but the weather feels distinctly fall-ish this week. So what’s blooming in mid-October? We found…
While it looks like much of Minnesota may experience frost later this week (and that’s later than normal), it’s not too late to plant trees,…
The local forecast calls for a wet and cool weekend, but it’s not too late to plant bulbs in Minnesota. Planting bulbs now will give…
MSHS has hosted “Gardening Gals Get-Togethers” during the holiday season for several years and these are popular events where women enjoy wine, hors d’oeurves and…
It’s hard to believe we will be in October by the middle of next week. This past month has been remarkably pleasant for Minnesota gardeners….
Our Northern Gardener writers and photographers are all very good at what they do, and many of them are also really good cooks. If you…
While this year’s tomato harvest is slowing a bit, I’m still pulling lots of yellow pear tomatoes out of the garden. You can only eat…
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…
We were so busy with the fair, harvesting tomatoes and enjoying late summer in our gardens that we forgot to post about the September/October issue…
Our Northern Gardener publisher and noted tomato fanatic sent me this photo yesterday of his harvest of yellow tomatoes from that day. (I’m sure there…
The Minnesota State Fair is over, the kids are back in school and the sun is setting way too early. Despite the signs, we’re not…
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