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Dakota Gardener: Cut flower care

With Valentine's day right around the corner, Carrie Knutson, NDSU Extension horticulture agent, offers some tips to get the most out of your fresh flower purchase.

Dakota Gardener: Time flies

Over the past four years of publication, Dakota Gardener column topics have ranged from roots and earthworms to the best vegetable varieties, proper watering and why leaves change color.

Dakota Gardener: Data driven

Over the past 15 years, personnel from the North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS) have completed inventories of the public trees – those on boulevards, parks and other public lands – for a number of towns.

Dakota Gardener: Hold off on the clean-up

There are some good reasons to leave plant debris in your landscape over winter including providing habitat for pollinators and wildlife, and improving soil health.

Dakota Gardener: Notable

Prolonged wet conditions during the 2024 growing season have caused many trees to suffer from foliar-fungal diseases.

Dakota Gardener: A garden fungus

Fungi, bacteria and molds have an important function in our gardens, as they help decompose plant material.

Dakota Gardener: Herb your enthusiasm

Many herbs are easy to grow in North Dakota gardens and are a fun way to add flavor, aroma and texture to your favorite foods.

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