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Tip: Order bare-root plants for spring delivery

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu If you haven’t already, get your order in for bare-root plants. Buying plants as bare-root can offer cost savings over containerized or balled and burlapped plants. However, bare-root plants are limited in supply and they are only...

Tip: Garden journaling

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu Tip: Garden journaling Keeping a garden journal is a good way to track, amongst other things, the plants you added or removed, seeds started, new techniques used, insect and disease issues, the weather, and the struggles, and (yay!) the...

Tip: Do your holiday shopping locally

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu During this season of giving, support our local economy and by shopping close to home. Purchase food and beverages from Minnesota farms, breweries, wineries, restaurants and speciality shops. Look for gifts that are unique to Minnesota and...

Tip: Don't forget your bulbs

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu Life gets busy and sometimes spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils get forgotten on the potting bench. While not ideal, you can still plant them as long as the soil is not frozen. Hardy bulbs need a cold period (think winter) in order to...

Tip: Fall prep for winter

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu Pull out annual flower and vegetable plants and compost. Clearing off these dead plants reduces the potential for pests in your garden next year and lessens work next spring. Wait to do any pruning till spring when you see buds swelling....

Tip: Climate change brings extreme weather — wet and dry, cold and hot

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu Dry weather means we need to water our plants — and not just the flowers and lawn, but also our shrubs and trees. Mature trees often get forgotten when it comes to watering because we don't notice the leaves wilting way up in the canopy....

Gradually expose houseplant to more sunshine.

Tip: Gradually give houseplants more sunlight.

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu Houseplants can become sunburned or bleached looking when exposed to too much sun too fast. When moving your houseplants outdoors for the summer, start by locating them in a shady, protected site. Over the next couple of weeks, gradually...

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