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Lawns will start greening up as air and soil temperatures rise over the next month. Impacts from winter stresses may become visible as the snow melts. Here are a few general indicators to explain winter injury.
![Dying aloe plant with white cottony bugs on it.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/dying%20aloe%20plant.jpg?h=ed26bcd0&itok=5eLlQ19F)
As our days lengthen and warm up, we turn our thoughts to gardening outdoors. But remember that your houseplants still need care. There are several things you can do to prevent pests and diseases on your houseplants.
Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week find a citizen science project that you might like to join.
![A conifer woodland.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/conifer%20woodland%20-%20Matt%20Russell.jpg?h=fc868804&itok=MMtdfnc-)
Voluntary forest carbon markets are a growing opportunity. Landowners are paid for the carbon storage and sequestration that their trees provide.
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As part of a campaign to reduce household energy burden, Extension RSDP and the Clean Energy Resource Teams are working with local partners to ensure families living in manufactured homes and underserved communities have access to energy savings tools and resources.
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Listen as we talk with Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Anne McKeig about her leadership journey, resiliency, and the pandemic.
![Rows of green peppers in a field, with wooden baskets full of harvested peppers at the ends of the rows.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/peppers-harvest.jpg?h=f93e058b&itok=YzG2H7AW)
Researchers at WCROC in Morris took a look at four common bell pepper varieties to determine which variety would produce best for the home gardener.
![A white weasel in the snow](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/weasel-unsplash.jpg?h=b2e3b8be&itok=JRi_9kjs)
Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week see if you can find an animal wearing winter camouflage.
![A pile of deer scat](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/deer-scat.jpg?h=bbaa1a72&itok=yOEOEyG3)
Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week we're getting down and dirty to examine what our local wildlife has left behind.
![A man looks through binoculars at a river valley in winter.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/river-man-binoculars-winter.jpg?h=0ee69755&itok=khwCIZZw)
Keep yourself busy this winter by taking part in our weekly nature activity challenge. This week visit some open water to see what animals you can spot.
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