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. There are a variety of ways to determine when to plant what—here are just a few. Cool Season/Warm Season Crops At their simplest, vegetables tend to fall into two categories…

Before we even start talking about pests, let’s be clear: Most bugs are good bugs, and trying to keep your vegetable garden bug-free is not only an exercise in futility, it’s not good for the food you are going to eat or the planet. One way to keep destructive pests at bay is to plant…

This is a short list of pollinator-friendly and climate-adaptive plants, compiled by the experts at the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, that provide food and shelter for Minnesota pollinators.