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Orchards and U-picks are welcoming large number of visitors to the farm. When you invite the public to your farm there are additional food safety and liability concerns to consider to keep your customers safe and your risk as low as...
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Terra Kissel and Dave Tyler, who are Anoka County Master Gardener volunteers at nearby elementary schools, share gardening tips and resources.
Planting seeds of learning
Two University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners from...
Spring is the season most often associated with lawn care, and for good reason. Grass starts growing in spring, and the season is a great time to fertilize many grasses in the hopes lawns can look their best and endure the hotter, dryer weather of summer.
Spring might mark the time when many...
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All fruit
End-of-season newsletter survey and letter from the Educator
Apples
Did your orchard experience hail this year? Hail netting has its advantages.
Cultural management: Encouraging leaf decomposition for managing apple...
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Updates are over, we’re still here!
This will be our final update of the season. We know you still have a lot of farming to do this fall, but we generally find that there’s less to say in September as things start to wind down. It’s too...
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Help shape next year’s Fruit Update series!
End of season reader survey.
Apples
Article: Apple storage disorders and recommendations for four UMN varieties
Grapes
UMN Grape Field Day on September 13th!
Grape tasting...
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The cool weather continues, maybe just to spite us for featuring NOAA’s September forecast calling for warmer than typical temperatures.
Decisions moving into fall
As cool nights roll in, many of our crops start to slow down. Knowing...
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Mystery of the month
What is creating these large webs in trees and shrubs? Do you need to do anything about it when you see them?
The solution is at the bottom of this article.
Pests and diseases
Composting in home gardens is a...
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Funnel weaver spider (Agelenopsis). Photo: David Cappaert, Bugwood.org
As autumn settles over Minnesota, gardeners may encounter a silvery shimmer across their lawns and shrubs in the early morning light. On closer inspection, they find...
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Not all produce needs to be washed at the farm, but some benefit from a rinse if there is visible soil. Things like fresh berries, tomatoes, zucchini, many herbs and some crops like peppers do not generally need washing until the consumer...
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