Hedges can be boring – in some ways, that’s the point of a hedge. They are a straight line of the same plant, trimmed to a neat shape that creates a dividing line in a landscape and a backdrop for more exciting plantings. That’s all good, but why not mix up the plants in a hedge? That’s a question the…
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Pollinator Garden Planning: Deal Me In!
Digital is efficient, but often my preference is for the physical: books made of paper, fabric you can touch and playing cards that help you plan a pollinator garden. Deal me in! The Pollinator Garden Planning Deck is a new tool for deciding which plants will work best in your garden and provide the food, shelter and nesting sites pollinators…
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Is Your Northern Garden Now Zone 5?
Social media is buzzing today about a new USDA Hardiness Zone map for 2023 that puts much of the Twin Cities and a sizeable section of southwestern Minnesota in hardiness zone 5a. As one gardener noted on my Instagram post about this, this is an identity crisis for many of us who pride ourselves on being able to grow things…
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Bobby Flay’s Secret Chile Is My Pepper Obsession
I love a good cooking show, and Beat Bobby Flay is a frustrating but fun one to watch. In it, chefs from around the country try to beat Bobby at making their “signature dish.” Way too often, Bobby wins. After watching many, many episodes, I figured out that Bobby’s secret was to use a few really flavorful ingredients over and…
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3 Tips for Better Bonsai
My husband loves bonsai — it’s actually the only garden/plant hobby he enjoys. But his success with bonsai has been . . . limited. So when I got a chance to go behind-the-scenes at the amazing Longwood Gardens near Philadelphia, I had lots of questions on how to grow better bonsai for Kevin Bielicki, bonsai curator at Longwood. Longwood is…
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