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Soil Blocking Basics
Ed. note: This article supplements a larger feature on growing a global garden in the Spring 2025 issue of Northern Gardener. Learn more about this issue and how you may read it online here. Soil...
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Growing Saffron at Home
Ed. note: This article supplements a larger feature on growing a global garden in the Spring 2025 issue of Northern Gardener. Learn more about this issue and how you may read it online here. Each...
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Marvelous Mints in the Garden
I love mint! Yum: peppermint patties with a delicate chocolate coating, chocolate mint ice cream, mint juleps, mojitos, mint tea, and more. The unifier of these delectibles is the flavor of classic...
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Herbal Teas for Your Garden
Where is your favorite tea source? How about making it a corner of your garden? Herbal teas are all the rage and it takes only a little planning and the addition of a few accoutrements to make your...
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Fun with Spring Bulbs in Pots
Have you ever planted tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs in pots? Any success? I must admit I’ve had limited experience with this endeavor, only having tried it a couple of times. And I’ve had...
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Creating a Bird Lover’s Garden
Birds are the flowers of the air. There’s no need to plant, fertilize, or harvest. Merely by attracting birds to your garden can you enjoy the color, sound and antics of an ever changing assortment....
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New Plants for the New Year
Talking about new plants for the 2025 season feels like Christmas in January! As we dream about warmer weather and think about spaces in the landscape that need a little something new next year, I’m...
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Rabbit Proof Your Garden in the Fall
As we inch slowly toward winter, it’s time to put away your garden tools and protect your plants from scavengers. For suburban and urban gardeners, that often means rabbits. Making some of your tasty...
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Layering Your Edible Garden
Think of Christina Chung’s new book, The Layered Edible Garden, as permaculture made easy. Chung, a horticulturist known on social media as @Fluent.Garden, guides gardeners through the steps of...
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Native Plants That Compete Well With Non-Native Invasives
Is there an area in your garden or property where it’s hard to get rid of non-native invasive plants? Or maybe you have a section you want to be “wild” or naturalistic, but you don’t want undesirable...
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The Best Trees for Homemade Teas
Get out your ladder—it’s time for tea! Well, not exactly. But some trees, other than the obvious Camellia sinensis (a source of green, oolong and black teas) offer interesting options and you might...
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Framing Your Winter Garden
The key to having a satisfying view out your winter-gazing window is to extend the season in both directions and think outside the box. I’m going to give you a long list of plants to consider for your...
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The Unexpected Tomato
While doing weed inspections last August, I noticed a new plant had popped up between the oregano and the basil. It had a cluster of telltale little yellow, bell-shaped blossoms. Could it be… a tomato...
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Which Perennial Salvia is Best for Your Garden?
Dozens of salvia varieties grow beautifully in containers or in the ground as annuals. But come frost, they’re done. Some salvias, however, will overwinter in the North, and as hybridizers have worked...
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Silver Plants: An Elegant Garden Addition
Are you a silver person or gold? That question can apply to gardens as well as jewelry. Silver plants are an elegant garden accessory, adding contrast and complementing almost any flower color. The...
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Growing Up! Vining Plants in Late Summer
The race is on! The pumpkin, squash, cucumbers and other vines are growing very quickly indeed, at the rate of about six inches per day. The incisors of deer, wood chucks, rabbits and squirrels, while...
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Spreading Plants are Our Friends
“It’s taking over”, exclaims another exasperated homeowner, examining their bumper crop of spreading perennials, “it’s crowding everything else out.” “I’ll be pulling this up for weeks” Sound...
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Patio and Deck Gardening with No Limits
A few years ago, I moved from my house in south Minneapolis to a townhouse in Roseville. Leaving a beloved garden space is the stuff of nightmares for gardeners. Whether the choice is ours or not,...
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Ask a Master Gardener: Insects on Fruits
Happy Summer! Is it ever not a challenging growing season? In classic upper midwest fashion, we’ve swung from one extreme to the other. I’ve got a different variety of weeds this year—bigger!...
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Best Foundation Plant Picks
A well-planned foundation border can take your curb appeal from meh to magnificent. Wondering what plants will work best in garden beds up against your home? While there are endless shrubs and small...
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