Adding beneficial microbes to your soil might give your garden a needed boost. Here are some tips to foster healthy soils, so you also foster healthy soil microbes, making amendments unnecessary.
Ground covers can cover an area of your yard or garden for one season, a few seasons, or many years. They reduce weed pressure and add beauty, and also enhance soil health, provide food and habitat for pollinators, and reduce soil erosion.
For poor soils that need some repair quickly, sudex is an attractive option. For most of the summer and fall, it helps add organic matter while suppressing weeds.
Garlic mustard is an invasive species in Minnesota, but there can be fun (and food!) when managing this pesky plant.
We often think about annual and perennial flowers when we think about pollinator-friendly plants. However, trees and shrubs also provide food as well as habitat and protection for our insect friends.
As irrigation systems and sprinklers continue to be turned on, we want to let everyone know of some technologies that may help you use water more efficiently this year.
As the weather warms up and we enter the growing season, there are many simple, effective precautions you can take to reduce disease pressure in your garden. Our team has developed two new visual resources to point out garden practices to reduce the likelihood of disease issues.
Gardening season is here so check out some good resources for selecting native and non-invasive plants and preparing the landscape for them to thrive.
Wild violets come in over 100 different varieties. Although they all are edible, some are more palatable than others. Learn how to identify, harvest and eat wild violet, as well as the indigenous philosophy of the plant.
Two Southwest Minnesota collaborations created digital assets that strengthen connections to water, soil health and resilience in the region, with support from the Southwest RSDP.
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