Get your summer garden started right with quality plants grown by University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners. There will also be a yard sale during the plant sale. Credit cards and cash will ...

This six-week interactive health and nutrition program is designed to help families develop skills, attitudes and behaviors necessary to maintain a healthy diet and stay active — and it works. In fact ...

The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen, as an animal feed additive and fertilizer. Here, we’ll focus on its role as a nitrogen fertilizer.

Rhizosphaera needle cast is a fungal disease of spruce trees that causes needles to turn brown and fall off. Trees stressed from drought, poor planting practices or other factors are more likely to ...

These articles are for professional vegetable growers. They include necessary information for diagnosing and treating common diseases and infestations that can damage crops and affect economic ...

Despite being often associated with specialty crops, farm-to-school sourcing in Minnesota tilted heavily to proteins, which accounted for 48% of all spending by grantees. Vegetables and fruit, in ...

Minnesota 4-H is the largest youth development program in the state, serving over 40,000 young people every year. We offer out-of-school, hands-on learning opportunities across Minnesota for youth in ...

Slime molds are present in all soils. They are common on decaying logs, fallen leaves, mulch, lawns with excessive thatch and on strawberry leaves. Control is not usually necessary and they will ...

The best plants and gardening practices for Minnesota gardeners, homeowners and hobbyists to grow healthy lawns, landscapes and gardens. Starting garden plants from seeds indoors can be an enjoyable ...

Extension also partners to deliver programs in tribal communities.

The common asparagus beetle and the spotted asparagus beetle feed on asparagus spears and cause browning and scarring. Start looking for these pests in early May or just after asparagus plants emerge ...

Tangerine, lemon, kumquat and small orange trees can be grown as houseplants. Citrus plants grow best indoors at 65° during the day, dropping five to ten degrees at night. Plant in soil containing a ...