Tag: minnesota
member name: Preston Wright
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May 24, 2007 05:44 PM EDT --
There is a flower blooming in my garden that every time I mention it or show it to people they shudder: columbine.
The name has been stolen.
Try Googling “columbine.” You won’t find . . .
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April 26, 2007 07:04 AM EDT --
I wrote a blog post the other day ( Mouse and Garden: A different take on the disappearance of bees) that won't be very popular with current thinking. It's about the decline of the honeybee. . . .
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May 17, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
The US drought monitor was updated today and once again the Twin Cities has fallen into the category “abnormally dry.” Drought areas to the north have spread.
What makes matters worse for . . .
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April 10, 2007 04:38 PM EDT --
I have been thinking about starting my garden postings again for Mouse and Garden (Minnesota Public Radio) over the last several weeks, but never quite got to the writing stage. I wanted to tell . . .
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May 02, 2007 07:38 AM EDT --
My peach-in-a-trash-bag, stored-in-the-garage method is working perfectly, though everyone is full of a lot of questions. They bloomed about a month ago while we were having the below freezing temperatures . . .
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April 17, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
Friday’s warmth ended my garage gardening.
I had kept some non-Minnesota hardy trees in containers in there: peaches, cherries, plum, and Asian pears. My garage is attached to the house so . . .
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April 17, 2007 10:03 AM EDT --
My short answer is no.
Sometime this past January when we were in the middle of a warm spell, the USDA revised its growing zones for the Twin Cities and labeled it zone five. There had not been a winter . . .
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April 20, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
There is a commercial I have seen on TV where an animated bee has allergies and the conclusion of the commercial is to take some kind of nasal spray.
Then there is a fad in the natural foods movement . . .
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