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The Twin Cities home shows — the Minnesota Home and Patio Show, which runs this weekend, and the Minneapolis Home and Garden Show, which is…
By carefully choosing which crops and varieties you grow in your vegetable garden, it’s possible to extend the growing season several weeks in the North….
Get more out of your vegetable garden by extending the season, both in the spring and in the fall. Below are some ways to extend…
Once your vegetable garden is planted and begins to produce a crop, you can spend a few moments every day in the garden to monitor…
Updated July 2025 Even with a short Minnesota growing season, you can extend the productivity of your vegetable garden by replanting certain vegetables a second…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
If you enjoy a fresh evergreen in your home for the holiday season, there are a few things you can do to keep your tree…
At this time of year, many hosts and hostesses are given a poinsettia. With its bright red brachts (the flowers are the tiny yellow growths…
One of our MSHS Facebook fans requested that we put up a list of the 30 great plants for northern gardens that we profiled in…
Whew! We’ve made it through the month of November identifying 30 (actually a few more than that) great plants for northern gardens. We’ll finish up…
Globe flower (Trollius) is one of our favorite garden perennials because of its adaptability. It grows well in both part shade and sunny borders, and…
If ever there was a collector plant for northern gardens, hosta would be it. We have met many gardeners with 100, 200, 300, sometimes more…
If you have a rain garden or want to care for pollinators, such as bees, butterflies or other insects, plant Joe Pye weed (Eupatorium purpureum)….
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