Robert Mugaas University of Minnesota Extension Educator, Environmental Horticulture Over the last 150 years many midwestern tallgrass prairies and natural woodlands have been converted to residential housing, agricultural fields, municipalities, shopping centers, parking lots, roads and highways. In the process, this development has consumed large areas of natural plant and …
Robert Mugaas University of Minnesota Extension Educator, Environmental Horticulture Come springtime, gardeners of both the diligent and the lackadaisical sort can be found with their hands in the dirt. Whether their hands are a half-inch or a half-foot into the soil depends on whether they began their garden through seed …
Carl Hoffman Horticulturist It is often said that over-watering is the number one killer of houseplants. On the other hand, depriving them completely of water will have the same disastrous result. Understanding the appropriate amount of water to give to your plants can be confusing. Some people consider it a …
