It’s tomato season! Delicious tomatoes, sun-ripened and fresh from the vine—what’s better than that? Of course, any gardening endeavor produces questions, and you may be wondering about some tomato-specific issues. Let’s find some answers! I hear the tomato terms determinate and indeterminate but I don’t know what they mean. Help? Basically, determinate tomatoes grow to…

There is nothing quite like experiencing a child’s joy in the garden. Seeing a little one watch seeds in the ground become the fruits and vegetables they find in grocery stores is a wildly inspiring journey. Many of us are deeply disconnected from the systems and people who grow our food. That’s why our signature…

The University of Minnesota Extension service is looking for a few good gardeners. You don’t have to know everything about gardening, but you should have a love for growing plants and nurturing gardens and a desire to share that with others in your community. Joining the U’s master gardener program is a great way to…