Extension news and highlights

Master Gardeners teach students about growing good food and how to grow pollinator plants and create habitat.

Knotweed was once a prized ornamental in the 1800s but is now recognized as an invasive plant.

University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener volunteers help elders and people with memory disorders — and their caregivers.

Job and revenue loss and postponed expansions are part of the impact on Minnesota breweries from COVID-19.

As part of its solar winter greenhouse initiative, RSDP and community partners recently released new farm scale winter greenhouse designs that build and improve upon the success of the program’s deep winter greenhouse technology.

U of M student Kate Stower knew she wanted to carve out a path to support small towns in her graduate program. This led her to working with 100 Rural Women and Northwest RSDP in a community-engaged project supporting women’s leadership in rural areas and small towns across the state.

Now is the time to apply pre-emergent herbicides to lawns in the 7-county Twin Cities metro area. This optimum application window could end around April 10.

The average Minnesota farm saw improved working capital, positive earned net worth change and improved debt coverage in 2020.

Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week celebrate the end of winter by making a cake for your backyard birds.

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular blooming woody shrubs in Minnesota landscapes. How and when to prune them depends on the shrub.