Getting to the bare root of it all

May 1, 2025 /

Everyone is in full garden mode now that we finally have a few warmer days, and the garden centers and big box stores are humming…

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Butterfly Magnets: If you plant them, they will come

April 24, 2025 /

One of the most-asked questions I and my Master Gardener and Master Naturalist volunteers get is about the most popular insect we know … butterflies:…

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Want to Rescue Wild Animals? Hands Off!

April 17, 2025 / Comments Off on Want to Rescue Wild Animals? Hands Off!

Spring brings many things — warmer temperatures (or not), greener grass, daffodils blooming, and wildlife getting in the “family way.” Usually, my columns focus on…

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‘Giant Wisconsin Mosquitoes’ and Other Gardening Misconceptions

April 10, 2025 / Comments Off on ‘Giant Wisconsin Mosquitoes’ and Other Gardening Misconceptions

I am asked a lot of interesting gardening questions every year, it is actually one of the very favorite parts of my job. In a…

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Growing Your Own Groceries Not Always Cheap or Easy

April 3, 2025 / Comments Off on Growing Your Own Groceries Not Always Cheap or Easy

The egg prices have been in the news for several months now, and occasionally I will have people ask me if it would just be…

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White, yellow, red, green, candy and more — All about Onions

March 20, 2025 / Comments Off on White, yellow, red, green, candy and more — All about Onions

Onions — as strong as the flavor and smell can be is the opinion people have about them. I am not suggesting anyone try to…

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Spring, and the hills are alive … literally

March 20, 2025 / Comments Off on Spring, and the hills are alive … literally

Spring has either sprung (meteorologically, March 1) or will soon be springing (astronomically, March 20). But some things are popping up all over that I…

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Ready, set, grow! Getting the jump on Mother Nature where you can

March 13, 2025 / Comments Off on Ready, set, grow! Getting the jump on Mother Nature where you can

There are some garden topics that I feel a need to repeat every year. Because no matter how many times I go over them or…

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Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

March 6, 2025 / Comments Off on Is your aunt, I mean, ant visiting soon?

Well, the big thaw is on, and as the soil warms up, so do the insects that spent their winters with propylene glycol as their…

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Late February tasks: Bring some in, take some out

February 27, 2025 / Comments Off on Late February tasks: Bring some in, take some out

We are almost there, teetering on the edge … of Meteorological Spring. But wait, there are some activities you can do to speed the gardening…

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