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by admin | Jun 23, 2024
Landscaping Essential Elements: Rock, Wood, and Metal Landscaping is an art that goes beyond simple assemblages of plants: it’s about the creation of a beautiful outdoor space that is maximally accessible. Accordingly there are several non-plant elements that are...
by admin | Jun 23, 2024
Dragonfly Habitat The first and last word in attracting dragonflies to the garden is water, and lots of it. Dragonflies lay their eggs either near or in water, which hatch into nymphs that spend the first few months of their life cycle as aquatic organisms. Insect...
by admin | Jun 23, 2024
Landscaping has historically been about marrying form and function, the beautiful and the practical. In recent decades, however, a third dimension has been added to the fray: concern for the environment at large. Permeable pavement is an example of all three:...
by admin | Jun 23, 2024
In temperate climates like that of the Minneapolis-area, Fall is a beautiful, but also thoughtful time in the garden and the environment at large. It’s a time of harvest, but also a time of death, dormancy, and subsoil activity. One of the mistakes many...
by admin | Jun 23, 2024
Adding a greenhouse to a Minneapolis-area garden can certainly extend the gardening season a little bit on each end of the bitter cold Minnesota winter. While most of the state falls in USDA climate zone 4a, there are patches that are classified as USDA zone...
