With about 75% of Minnesota in a moderate drought, lawn care and water conservation are on gardeners’ minds.
Yard and Garden News
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A reader asks: I have two newly-planted trees (cherry and plum). How should I water them? How much and how often?
![A grapevine with misshapen leaves as a result of herbicide drift.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/drift_grape.jpg?h=37d44556&itok=LFpOi-hf)
Herbicide from neighboring yards may drift onto your garden plants, making leaves grow in strange shapes, curl inward, and grow smaller than normal.
![Ground covered with black landscape fabric and two leafy green plants growing in the middle and red and white water hoses lying between them, and plants growing along a fence.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Two%20pumpkins%20remaining%20in%20trial.jpg?h=b94f552a&itok=vNvFljCl)
The team chooses two pumpkins that will be grown for the MN State Fair.
The heat is on and gardening season is in full swing.
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Beyond the satisfaction of capturing hundreds of beetles in a trap, does your yard or garden actually benefit? The answer is, most likely, no.
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Whether for survival or fun, foraging can be a great way to supplement your diet with plants that are not only delicious but can also be healthy.
Now is the time to trellis and prune your tomatoes. We'll show you three different ways to support your plants.
![Marissa looks at bugs on a plant inside a barn with an old fashioned tractor behind her](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/Marissa-Schuh_0.jpg?h=d1d18fea&itok=ntJlYvvK)
Marissa Schuh brings an appreciation for insects to her University of Minnesota Extension work with gardeners and farmers.
![Seedheads of Kentucky Bluegrass among non-flowering tillers.](/sites/extension.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_featured_image_crop/public/KBG%20seedheads.jpg?h=d43061d5&itok=ZvYMB4BL)
If you have patches of dead grass in your lawn from last year’s drought, early June is a great time to focus on getting your lawn thicker and healthier.