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With fall approaching, it is important to prepare your flower bulbs for winter.
Trailing nasturtiums add drama and color to container gardens.
The Extension podcast "What's Killing my Kale?" talks about kiwiberries: bite-sized kiwis that can be grown in cold climates.
Late summer is a great time to prepare new garden plots. Solarization and occultation are simple methods to remove existing vegetation and get ahead of weeds.
European chafer is an invasive insect and a severe pest of turfgrass. The grubs are considered more destructive to turf than Japanese beetles because they feed longer during the year.
A favorite, both for its jaw-dropping color and for the syrup we use on our pancakes, there’s a sugar maple for every occasion.
This summer has been particularly difficult to control Japanese beetles. As a result, many solutions pop up that are too good to be true. Four o’clock seems to be one of these.
By setting aside a little bit of time in the fall to dethatch, aerate and seed your lawn, you can help your lawn survive winter and come back even better in the spring.
Cover crops are an important tool to improve the health of your soil. You can use cover crops at any scale.
Extension Master Gardeners and nutrition educators work together to supply homegrown produce to elders living in Minneapolis public housing. Check out this unique partnership.
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