Composting reduces waste and allows us to return nutrients to the soil that can be used again in the growing cycle.

Little bluestem is a native of prairies on the Great Plains and serves as a host for butterfly larvae such as the Dakota skipper.

Thinning fruit on apple trees will help spread out the tree’s energy resources this year and into next year.

You can have a quality lawn by fertilizing once or twice a year.

Use common sense when deciding whether to use rhubarb after a hard frost.

Before plants grown indoors are planted in the garden or moved outside for the summer, they need time to get used to the outdoor environment.

Use soil moisture and soil temperature to guide seed planting decisions.

The best way to grow soil organic matter and microbes in your garden is to simply do less work.

Exotic vegetable varieties can be fun to grow and delicious to eat.

Gray snow mold is a common fungal disease that affects turfgrass and is worst in years with early and persistent snow. (NDSU photo)