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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…
Updated June 2025 Now that you’ve got your tomato planted, there are other things to keep in mind, like how to minimize its upkeep. One…
Updated June 2025 People are understandably disappointed when the plants they’ve carefully tended and nurtured fail to produce the bountiful crop they dreamed about all…
Growing greens — lettuce, spinach, arugula and other leafy things — in your vegetable garden produces big pay-offs in taste and nutrition for relatively little…
In most vegetable gardens, plant spacing is determined by what sort of things you plan to grow and how many plants of each variety you…
Updated May 2025 Planting a vegetable garden isn’t just a one-day affair. It’s often done over several weeks, depending on the weather and other factors….
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…
If you grow vegetables from seed, the packet almost always lists how long before or after your average last frost date you should plant. It’s…
One way to extend the vegetable growing season—both on the front end in spring and on the back end in fall—is to use cold frames,…
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…
Yesterday’s topic was starting seeds for your vegetable garden indoors in trays or containers of potting mix, which works great for smaller seeds that you…
This is the first of a three-part post about starting seeds indoors. If you’ve never done it before, the main thing you should know is…
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…
If you’ve decided to try starting your own vegetable seeds this year, you’ll find a lot of choices at hand—both for varieties available as well…
For me, half the fun of starting a vegetable garden comes at this time of year, when I sit down with a stack of seed…
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…
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