Yard and Garden News

More than 5 million Minnesotans are currently experiencing drought conditions that are significantly more intense than a month ago. Find out how you can apply the correct amount of water necessary for a lawn using "smart" irrigation technology.

Bushy cucumber plants with no fruit, tomatoes not ripening, and beans with no flowers? We answer questions about your poorly yielding vegetable garden.

Find out what you can still plant to fill in spaces left by harvested vegetables. We offer some general tips related to trends we’ve been seeing this summer.

Homeowners and woodland owners can ensure that trees survive through dry periods by watering them. However, it is important to be strategic in how much and how often you water trees.

There's still time to plant annual flowers to beautify your landscape and attract pollinators to your garden.

This year’s batch of adult Japanese beetles started to show up a few weeks ago. Populations will continue rising through July and taper off by mid-August.

Here is a set of guidelines for midsummer and hot weather fertility management in lawns, flowers, trees and shrubs, vegetables and fruit.

Do you live in the Twin Cities area and have a lawn that you manage or mow? We are looking for lawns to study as part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Area Urban Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project.

Try renovating your strawberry patch this year and see how much better your yield and plant health are next year!

No matter what amount of gardening space you have, you can grow plants you love and want to eat and that also support pollinators.