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From The Ground Up

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Models suggest that significant cold has passed, things are starting to green up and soil is warming. While this warm winter causing growers stress about what diseases and insects will do this spring, this early spring can provide rare...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   The National Weather Service's Seasonal Temperature outlook for March, April, and May suggests our dud of a winter has wrapped.  Many people are wondering how this will impact insects, and as always, it depends! Here are some things to...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Without a doubt, it has been a weird and wacky winter from a gardener’s standpoint. We went into winter in drought conditions in much of the state and the minor snow precipitation never really made a difference. So here we are on the brink...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   With spring right around the corner (perhaps sooner than we think), Extension Yard and Garden pages have some great resources to help you get your landscape ready for the 2024 growing season. Here are some late-season resources for...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Red carrot trial results from Master Gardener Nick Lamon. The Malbec carrot is on the far right.   Looking for the ideal addition to your menu? Give Malbec a try. As in Malbec, the red carrot, though the Malbec red wine could be fine fare...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   Spring is in the air and you may be thinking about how to expand or diversify your markets this season. Have you considered selling to schools in your region? Schools could be a way for you to grow your sales, venture into the wholesale...
Spring marks the return of flowering plants and warm weather. And homeowners know that spring also ushers in the return of home renovation season. Homeowners undoubtedly have an extensive list of projects on their to-do list this spring, and that may include helping their lawns and gardens recover...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   As you make your field plans for this year, consider complementing your later-planted vegetable crops with an early spring cover crop. In fields where you plan to grow a vegetable with a summer planting schedule, like transplanted broccoli...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   How will this unusually warm winter affect my garden, lawn, trees and shrubs? Will pests be a bigger problem? Can I still prune my fruit trees? Plant dormancy is affected by day length and temperature. Plants slowly start moving into...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu   The climate-ready woodlands tree lists provide planting recommendations for 11 ecoregions of Minnesota. Included on each of these lists are species that are not currently common in those regions but are predicted to thrive in Minnesota’s...

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