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Practice patience
This winter has been particularly worrisome and as gardeners, we have wanted to do something — anything — to ensure our plants survive and thrive. However, right now, we have to practice patience.
- Wait to rake your lawn. Raking now can stress your lawn and rake up live plants.
- Wait to plant until the soil is truly workable.
- Hold off on any kind of grub treatment until (1) you know you have grubs in your lawn and (2) mid-summer when Japanese beetle grubs are most vulnerable.
However, you can be pruning oaks and fruit trees this month, ordering seeds and plants from your favorite grower, starting seeds, and dormant seeding your lawn (including bee lawn seed).
Visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum flower to get your indoor flower fix!
Minnesota is home to a few species of insects with a very specific place they want to spend the winter — in our homes.
Plant diseases that were held back by the drought are rearing up now. How far can diseases spread and what plants are at risk?
How do you choose the best tomato or zinnia for your garden when you have so many options to choose from? We'll help you narrow it down.
The combination of dish soap and water is often referred to as the holy grail for managing insects from aphids to Japanese beetles. Does it work?
Find climate-resilient, native trees and plants recommended for southeast Minnesota.
It is time to bring in the houseplants you have kept outside this summer. Here's what to do before you bring them back indoors.
Extension is working with The Nature Conservancy and Minnesota DNR to develop a tree seed collection training program in an effort to reforest one million acres in Minnesota by 2040.
If you are saving seeds, now is the time to start collecting them.
Cover crops can improve the health of your soil. There are several times during the year that you can plant, including now.
There's still plenty to do in the garden before wrapping up the season.
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