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Perplexed about your peonies? Lawn got you down? Tune into our WCCO Radio “Smart Gardens” show on Saturdays, 8-9 a.m., for answers to your lawn and garden questions. Dial in AM 830 on your radio or ask your smart speaker. Or listen to ...
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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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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...
As summer draws to a close, millions of students are preparing to return to school. Some may be excited to return so they can see their friends again each day, while others may lament the loss of carefree days under the warm summer sun. Regardless of which category students fall into, all will need...
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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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Lawn with summer annual grassy weeds and perennial broadleaves that encroached into thin turf
With autumn approaching, we will begin seeing cooler daytime and evening temperatures, along with (hopefully) more predictable rainfall...
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As you shop for new plants this year, look for plants that provide nectar and pollen for pollinators like this anise hyssop (Agastache foeniculum).
After a winter that tried our patience, temperatures are at last holding seasonally...
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Warm-weather plants like jasmine should be brought indoors before temperatures fall below 50 degrees.
Friends in the northern part of the state may see snowflakes or wintry mix drizzle soon and temperatures are in the 30s and even 20s...
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The heat is on and the gardening season is in full swing. No more threat of cold nights — we’ve had some real heatwaves — and we can turn our attention to caring for the plants we worried over in May. Our checklist today is lengthy.
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Temperatures are warming and starting to become more consistent depending on where in the state you live. Here’s a list of some of the things Minnesota gardeners can be doing right now in their yards and gardens.
Submit soil samples into...
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