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Plants need care, even in the dead of winter
This is a good time to check your houseplants for pests and some trees and shrubs are ready for pruning. See what else you can check off while waiting to get into the garden
Mystery of...
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Calendula Kinglit from SAHIN, Year of the Calendula, 2025, National Garden Bureau
Each year, the National Garden Bureau highlights standout crops, and for 2025, Calendula, also known as pot marigold, takes the spotlight as an Annual of...
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The Four Directions Medicine Garden (Tȟatúye Tόpa Pȟežúta-Ožúpi in Lakota)
At “The Barn,” a historic farm-turned-office building that houses the University of Minnesota Extension in Ramsey County, there are two distinctly different...
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Continue to water trees and shrubs until the ground freezes.
Even this late in the season, there are still things you can do to prepare your lawns and gardens to manage the winter and emerge healthier next spring.
Late fall gardening...
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As the growing season comes to an end, it is helpful to clean your garden before putting it to bed for the winter. A good fall cleanup provides multiple benefits for gardeners – it reduces weed populations and disease, minimizes plant...
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With the early warmth and heavy rains this summer, you may have gaps in your vegetable garden for a few reasons. Maybe you’ve finished harvesting your early spring vegetables, or perhaps certain things didn’t germinate as well as you...
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Shrub pruning videos series
Extension Yard and Garden has a new series of shrub pruning videos on our Trees and shrubs webpage to help you with your seasonal pruning. Pruning can be both scary and really satisfying, and we want to help....
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Animal-based soil amendments such as composted manure and poultry litter can build the health, tilth, fertility and water hold capacity of your soil. They can also be a great way to use resources you might have on the farm such as manure...
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The State Fair is going on. Nights are actually getting cooler even after the heat waves we’ve experienced. Our gardens are producing, but we can tell the plants are changing. Still, there's lots of gardening yet to do!
Harvest your...
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As we enter the middle of summer, you may have gaps in your vegetable garden for a few reasons. Maybe you’ve finished harvesting your early spring vegetables, or perhaps certain things didn’t germinate as well as you had hoped.
At this...