Yard and Garden News

Hurrying to prune can do more harm than good. Find out when to start pruning fruits in Minnesota.

Poorly applied deicing salts can pollute groundwater, burn plants, and raise salt levels in soil.

When planted in the right conditions, yews can tolerate our cold winters without protection.

You can take several steps to help your trees through the winter ahead.

We have some nice weather forecasted that most likely will give us one more opportunity to wrap up those last tasks before winter settles in.

Broadleaf weeds, like creeping charlie, need to be actively growing for herbicides to work.

You can help reduce the spread of invasive species by reporting what you find while out in the woods using the Great Lakes Early Detection Network app.

Extreme early cold temperatures killed many green leaves and now we see them still hanging on the trees. These dead leaves are referred to as marcescent leaves.

Blue gentian blooms late in the Minnesota growing season, making it an important nectar and pollen source for bumble bees still foraging in late fall.

Tillage provides many useful services in the garden but, over time, contributes negatively to soil health. We have some strategies to reduce the amount of tillage necessary in the garden.