An Idaho company released a glow-in-the-dark petunia called Firefly Petunia. By day, the plant looks like an ordinary white-flowered bedding plant. After the sun goes down, the plant reveals its superpower by emitting a faint green glow. While the glow is noticeable,[...]
Tag: Gardening
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Dakota Gardener: Get ready to grow with spring garden prep
It’s that time of year when I start pulling out all my garden tools and begin looking at the garden. I do not do a lot of prep with my garden; I prefer to enjoy the process and not focus on every[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Mulch for the garden
Do you utilize mulch in the garden? If you do that’s great! If you don’t, you should consider adding mulch to the garden, as there are many benefits. Benefits of mulch include preserving moisture, reducing weed pressure and erosion. These are great[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Container gardening
Sometimes, I run out of space in my garden or have extra transplants after planting the garden. I usually end up planting these extras in my containers. Container gardening is a great way to supplement in-ground or raised bed production. Containers can[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Easy-to-grow, big, beautiful pumpkins
Bigger is often better, but I don’t want to grow a giant, 300-pound pumpkin. Those pumpkins are lopsided. They are ugly. They look more tan than orange in color. Their vines gobble up the entire garden. Giant pumpkins require a lot of[...]
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Community gardens and orchards see a rising interest among residents
Lillian Stegman didn’t always see herself tending a community orchard, but now she’s the heart of one in Cavalier — and she’s not alone. Across North Dakota, places like the Pembina County Community Orchard and the Devils Lake City Garden are showing[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Common names
You’re not from around here, are you? It was my first spring in North Dakota and I was talking with some tree-care professionals in the Bismarck area. We were discussing some health problems that trees had suffered over the winter. They were[...]
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Farm to School garden grant recipients announced, Two Minot Childcare Centers Awarded
Two Minot childcare centers are among 35 across North Dakota selected to receive Farm to School garden grants from the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the Department of Public Instruction. Kiddie Korral 2.0 Child Care Center and Montessori of Minot /[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Water you growing?
Last summer I had an amazing opportunity to attend the National Urban Extension Leadership conference in Nashville, Tennessee. During the conference, I listened to a group talk about how they hydroponically grew lettuce in a gallon jug. Immediately, I thought this was[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Give salvia a try
Every year, I plant something different in my containers in the front of my house, trying to find that perfect plant. Maybe it’s because I don’t keep notes and can’t remember what I planted, but we won’t get into that. I want[...]
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Dakota Gardener: New vegetable varieties with amazing flavors
This is a great time to be a gardener. The temperatures are getting warmer and the days are getting longer. Spring is coming! Many of us will be planting a garden soon. The good news is there are lots of new varieties[...]
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The Peace Garden continues to foster peace between our two countries as a sanctuary of unity
While politics and trade disputes come and go, the International Peace Garden remains a quiet testament to the deep ties between Canada and the U.S. Straddling the border, it continues to welcome visitors from both nations, offering a space where cooperation takes[...]
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On This Day | The Cost of Grub is Beyond all Pardon
The cost of grub’s beyond all pardon; it makes me rend my duds and so this year I’ll have a garden and raise my greens and spuds. Like others, I have formed the habit [...]Read More... from On This Day | The[...]
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Dakota Gardener: Brightening up the winter days
It’s official…the winter blues have hit me hard this year. As a native Texan, I never fare well with the winter but usually manage ok until March. If you are in the same boat as me, then a houseplant, or two, or[...]
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Dakota Gardener: How to keep your green thumb busy in the winter
Groundhog Day was Feb. 2 and Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means another six weeks of winter. I don’t know about you, but this isn’t a shock for me. Most North Dakotans come to expect this prediction. As gardeners in the[...]
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Garden kits available to early childcare education centers
BISMARCK – Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that applications are now being accepted from licensed North Dakota early childcare education centers for garden kits through the North United States Department of Agriculture Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Award. “The North[...]