It’s time to get some plants! But how do you choose? Last week I talked about using nursery web sites to narrow down the pool of plants to ones that are suited to your yard’s conditions. You can also just do a lot of web browsing. Search for “native plants for [insert your region or […]
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Last week I talked about getting to know your yard in terms of sunlight and shade, dry and wet areas, so you can take those conditions into account when you pick your plants for your new microprairie. This week, let’s talk about what’s going on under the ground. A soil test can tell you a
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Spring came early this year to southern Minnesota. It was exciting to get out in the yard, see stuff greening up, checking on what might be poking up through the leaves (irises, daffodils and crocuses). Then, like clockwork, we got hit with our annual mid-March high school tournament snowstorm. As I write this, it’s coming
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It was a couple different things that made me decide to do a microprairie. One, I love gardening. I didn’t realize how much until I lived in an apartment surrounded by asphalt for eleven years. I longed for some lawn, even just a little dirt to dig in. The community garden across town didn’t cut
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