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A lush carpet of green extends in all directions at calf-height, covering what used to be a boring lawn space with a vibrant community of…
Resistance may be futile, but try these tactics for keeping squirrels out of your garden. I like to imagine what a squirrel real estate listing…
Hello from South Minneapolis, where we have finally gotten some rain and slight relief to our drought conditions. This month’s Ask the Master Gardener question…
Can it really be State Fair time? It’s gently raining and 63 degrees as I write this (my garden is loving it, though my tomatoes…
Rain gardens collect and filter storm-water runoff from impermeable surfaces such as building rooftops and parking lots. These surfaces often contain pollutants and debris like…
It’s late summer, and even though I’ve never been to your garden, I can predict this: it’s full of zucchini. If there’s one thing we…
As the summer days shorten and give way to signs of fall, our mature gardens wind down as well. It’s this time of the year…
Deer, rabbits and voles, oh my! Plus gophers and pocket gophers, moles and chipmunks, woodchucks and raccoons. The list of of four-legged pests that northern…
Photons of light race away from the surface of Sol at 186,000 miles per second. Penetrating the atmosphere, infrared light rays reach terra firma, bouncing…
This is an update on an evolving story about Rice Triangle Garden in St. Paul, MN. In the most difficult times, we know that art,…
Do you have Japanese beetles in your garden? I’ve had them for many years now, and I’ve tried several solutions for dealing with them. I’m…
Julia Brokaw, a Como Park neighbor and University of Minnesota Ph.D. student in the Cariveau Native Bee Lab, helped germinate over 1,000 prairie plants from…
During the interviews for the position of editor for Northern Gardener, the committee from the Minnesota Horticultural Society asked me how I would establish my…
Greetings, fellow gardeners of the north. As a Hennepin County Master Gardener, I’m used to fielding questions about gardening. From “does my ash tree have…
Katharine D. Widin was the plant health columnist for Minnesota Horticulturist and Northern Gardener for 32 years, covering every bug and disease known to haunt…
The Slow Food Movement encourages deeper thinking around food. It links the pleasure of food with a commitment to community and environment. When we reconnect…
Two years is but a blip in the life of a 156-year-old organization, but I like to think we’ve moved the needle more than a…
For the sake of the planet, we will not be sharing some of the tips and techniques recommended by MSHS in the distant past for…
July’s to-do list always starts with scouting for squash pests for me. Both squash bugs and squash vine borers usually show up right around the…
The MN SEED Project is growing almost as quickly as the hundreds of seeds its participants are sowing. A joint venture among the hort society,…
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