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Interested in Becoming a Master Gardener?

Do you have a love for spending long hours planting and tending to your back yard garden? Do you have a knack for teaching and enjoy learning and sharing your...

Thu, Jul 05, 2012 - 12:25am

Cut It Out! Controlling Cutworms

Few things are more frustrating than walking out to do some gardening, and finding all of your crops half eaten or destroyed. This summer, plant disease and insects have been...

extension Thu, Jun 28, 2012 - 12:24am

In the past few weeks I have been inundated with samples of sick and dying plants, and for the most part, these plants have been suffering from a variety of...

Wed, Jun 13, 2012 - 4:28am

Growing Green: Attracting Humming Birds to Your Garden

Every year we look forward to the return of hummingbirds to our garden. These tiny birds add fun and whimsy to a summer day: their tiny chirps and aerial antics...

extension Thu, May 31, 2012 - 4:37am

Growing Green: Bugged by Ants

I have received many calls recently requesting information about how to get rid of ants in the home and lawn. Ants are the most frequent and persistent pests encountered around...

extension Thu, May 24, 2012 - 12:06am

Growing Green: Planting Trees

This unseasonably warm spring has encouraged avid home gardeners to get a jump start on their veggies. Potatoes, onions, peas, lettuce, spinach and radish have been planted, and it's just...

extension Thu, May 17, 2012 - 12:38am

Growing Green: Forest Tent Caterpillars

It's that time of year again, the notorious forest tent caterpillar (FTC), AKA the army worm, will soon be raining from the trees! What are these little buggers, and how...

extension Sat, May 12, 2012 - 12:08am

Keep Your Eyes Open for Ticks!

This early spring has brought more than just flowers. I found a TICK on my cat and dog the other day, YUCK!!! If you have been spending a lot of...

Fri, May 04, 2012 - 9:25am

Spring has Sprung (albeit the sudden onset of April snow) and many gardeners have asked what chores they can accomplish in their yards and gardens prior to spring planting. One...

extension Wed, Apr 18, 2012 - 12:03am

Robin Trott

Grocery stores have set up their seed potato displays, and many gardeners are getting ready to plant. However, some have expressed dismay about last year's crop: disfigured, dark, rough, pitted...

Wed, Apr 11, 2012 - 1:26pm

Fall is a bittersweet time of beginnings and endings. Bright yellow school buses abound as children start a brand new school year. Rose bushes burst with their last colorful blossoms;...

Fri, Oct 30, 2009 - 4:01pm

Autumn is a wonderful time in the flower garden. Autumn Joy Sedum, fall blooming Asters, Coreopsis and goldenrod abound, but my favorites by far are chrysanthemums. Many garden centers offer...

Fri, Sep 25, 2009 - 4:11pm

Carrol Henderson will be the premier speaker kicking off our 2009-2010 Winter in the Garden Workshop series. Carrol has been Supervisor of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' Non-Game Wildlife...

Tue, Sep 01, 2009 - 4:07pm

My mailbox has been chock-full of fall gardening catalogs, including brightly colored photos of all sorts of spring flowering bulbs: daffodils, tulips, hyacinth, snowdrops, and crocus...the first harbingers of spring...

Tue, Aug 25, 2009 - 4:31pm

It's August, and the vegetables and fruits you planted last spring have started coming...and coming, and coming...What do you do with all this produce? You don't need a canner to...

agriculture Tue, Aug 18, 2009 - 4:35pm

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