Esther McGinnis, NDSU Extension horticulturist, details the social, psychological, and health benefits of home and community gardening.

If you are a beginning gardener, start small or have fun with a themed garden.

Low light levels can contribute to odd-shaped plant growth.

We all need to eat more vegetables, and cucumbers are a delicious snack to grow and enjoy.

NDSU Extension forester, Joe Zeleznik, explores the implications of our mild winter weather on the region's trees.

Even if you have a green thumb, poinsettias will drop their flowers and the colorful bracts will fade by spring.

Every year in the garden is an opportunity to celebrate success, and to learn and find some humor in the failures.

After a slow start in 2023, gardeners were rewarded with a warm and sunny growing season.

Many reasons may cause a tree to hold on to its leaves well into the winter.

A gardening-inspired gift might be just what you're looking for this holiday season.

Hoyas are described as an easy-care plant, as they are treated like a succulent.

There are many methods to protect young trees from wildlife, some more effective than others.

Knowing when to remove a tree is difficult as there are no hard-and-fast rules about tree survival following damage from insects, diseases or wind storms.

With all kinds of extreme weather, it is a miracle that the vast majority of plants survive and even thrive in the north-central U.S.

Pumpkin-on-a-stick is an ornamental eggplant that can be eaten in things like stir fries or used for fall decorating.

If you attempt to grow a peach tree in North Dakota, be sure to chose a cold-hardy variety.

NDSU Extension's forester shares an annual report of tree conditions in North Dakota.

To prevent disease transmission to plants next year, garden tools should be subjected to a two-step cleaning and disinfecting process.

Gladiolus flowers are not hardy to our area, but their corm can be dug up and stored to plant the next year.

While not pleasant to eat, cranberrybush viburnum and chokeberry are beautiful additions to winter landscapes.

You don’t have to drive all the way to the northern forests of Minnesota to see beautiful red fall colors.

NDSU Extension recommends applying a nitrogen fertilizer that is 50% slow release before September 15th.

Summary: Black and yellow garden spiders are beneficial garden insects.

If your garden is overflowing, there are many food pantries and soup kitchens throughout North Dakota that will accept donated vegetables.

While competitive tree climbing is not a popular sport in North Dakota, for tree-care workers skills like climbing and placing ropes throughout a tree's crown do come into play.

Olla watering is a very old form of irrigation using clay pots that are buried in the soil and filled with water.

Now is the time to construct a strawberry patch.

In trees’ first few years, they’re establishing themselves, developing their crowns and their root systems, but then they go through a massive growth spurt.

There are many fun, creative ways to involve youth in building pollinator habitats.

Prostrate knotweed thrives in nutrient poor and compacted soil conditions and during hot and dry weather.