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No matter how long you have gardened, there’s always something new to learn. Looking over back issues of Northern Gardener and items on this blog…
In 2001, when Gary DeGrande wanted to install a pond, he joined the Minnesota Water Garden Society (MWGS). “It’s no small thing, putting in a…
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…
Most Minnesota gardeners have already harvested their winter squash — the goal is to get them out of the fields before there is a hard…
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,…
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…
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…
One of the more unusual herbs shown at the MSHS Educational Display at the Minnesota State Fair is patchouli, a tender perennial that is often…
Culinary sage (Salvia officinalis) is one of the hardiest herbs. Though not 100 percent reliable as a perennial in Minnesota, growing sage is relatively easy…
The MSHS Educational Display at the Minnesota State Fair is particularly interesting this year for herb gardeners. We have about 30 different herbs growing in…
The MSHS Educational Display on herbs at the Minnesota State Fair has some great plants that can be grown indoors, outdoors or, as Nancy Leasman…
Here’s the long and the short about phlox: There are two basic kinds and while they come from the same genus, they are very different….
During several garden tours recently, I’ve spotted one of the few Minnesota-hardy cacti–Opuntia macrorhiza, which is commonly called plains prickly pear. It’s a native Minnesota…
Most of us think of community gardening as growing vegetables in a community plot. We love that idea (and MSHS has a plot in a…
Each year, the Perennial Plant Association names its plant of the year, and this year’s plant is a beautiful foliage plant for shade, Variegated Solomon’s…
One of the easiest and most rewarding vegetable crops for northern gardeners are green beans. Whether you call them snap, string, shell or dried,…
The gloomy spring that seems to finally be behind us really drove home why it’s important to plant trees, shrubs and perennials with foliage that…
A classic, old-fashioned flower in northern gardens, the peony has a long history in Minnesota. Brand Farms in Faribault had acres of peonies under cultivation…
This is a first in a regular series of articles on the care and maintenance of some of our favorite plants for northern gardens. With…
Editor’s note: The May/June issue of Northern Gardener, which is available on news stands starting this week, includes an article called “Extreme Gardening.” It offers…
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