1+ week, 4+ day ago   (812+ words) Happy New Year! Mary and I wish everyone the very best for the upcoming year. I hope you enjoy our weekly gardening chats as much as I do. As I've said a million times, we're all in this together, just…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (423+ words) Don Kinzler, a lifelong gardener, is the horticulturist with North Dakota State University Extension for Cass County. Readers can reach him at [email protected]. Gift ideas for the hard-to-buy-for gardener "If you're stumped this season, here are ideas that even the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (631+ words) A: Wow! Count the day lost you don't learn something new, and thanks to you, Mike, I've learned how beautiful an outdoor planting of amaryllis can be. Amaryllis bulbs, which produce huge, trumpet-shaped flowers of red, pink, white or two-tone, are…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (575+ words) Did you hear about the guy who was reading a book about making homemade glue? He couldn't put it down. A book gardeners won't be able to put down is the latest hot-off-the-press 2026 edition of "The Prairie Garden" book series,…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (179+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (150+ words) FARGO " Just because the weather is cooling off doesn't mean you're done with yard work yet. NDSU Extension Agent Don Kinzler says there are things you can do now to help your lawn next spring. They include lowering your mowing…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (285+ words) Our newsroom occasionally reports stories under a byline of "staff." Often, the "staff" byline is used when rewriting basic news briefs that originate from official sources, such as a city press release about a road closure, and which require little…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (602+ words) A: Potato diseases caused by fungal and bacterial infections can be devastating to home garden potatoes, which is why using certified seed potatoes is so important, as your sister-in-law did. I have good news! Her potatoes aren't suffering from a communicable potato…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (641+ words) Q: What are these structures growing on our Spring Welcome Magnolia? " Randy S. Although our region is hardly considered magnolia territory, Spring Welcome was introduced by North Dakota State University as a fully winter-hardy selection for our Zones 3 and 4 growing conditions. Spring…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (695+ words) Do you know why tomatoes are round and red? Because if they were long and yellow, they'd be bananas. Tomatoes aren't just the most popular vegetable to grow, they're also the vegetable that gets talked about most. The chatter usually…...