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September Seed Saving, the Easy Way
As flowers start to fade and turn brown and crispy, don’t mourn the end of summer. Yes, we are probably six weeks or less from frost here in Minnesota, but those dried blooms can be an inexpensive way to grow next year’s garden. In addition...
Tips for Hiring a Garden Designer
In more than 30 years of gardening at four different houses, I’ve hired a garden designer four times. I paid as little as $50 for a one-hour consult 20+ years ago and nearly $2,000 for a front-yard design in 2017. Twice the design fee was r...
When Bad Things Happen to Good Plants . . .
A strategy for unexpected garden mishaps.
Sometimes bad things happen to plants and gardeners. Hail beats down your peonies just as they are blooming, a hungry deer herd flattens your hosta bed, squirrel vandals dig up newly planted annual...
July's Vegetable Tally + August Tasks
Do you tally your harvests? Some gardeners weigh every ounce of fruit and vegetable picked from their gardens and keep diligent records of their produce pounds. That has never been me.
Until this year. Because I am growing more food on my...
Garden Basics: Compost
A version of this article originally appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Northern Gardener magazine.
For experienced gardeners, compost is black gold. Simple and easy to make at home, compost improves soil texture and tilth, making it loose...
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