HeyJaredYour Northern Garden
Cold-climate? No problem. A monthly newsletter on what to do each season to grow a productive garden in the North plus plants, how-tos and fun.
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Deep Dive: Garden Trends for 2027 (opens the original)
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Every year in late summer, the Garden Media Group sends out its trends report for the next year. I eagerly read it because it gives me a clue as to what garden centers and plant companies will be promoting in the next year. Understanding trends does not mean adopting them — your garden is your own and should reflect you, your property, your life circums… Read more
September Seed Saving, the Easy Way (opens the original)
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As flowers start to fade and turn brown and crispy, don’t mourn the end of summer. Yes, we are probably six weeks or less from frost here in Minnesota, but those dried blooms can be an inexpensive way to grow next year’s garden. In addition to saving. money, you’ll be developing strains of seed that are well-adapted to your soil, sun and garden environment. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7vpx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/htt
Tips for Hiring a Garden Designer (opens the original)
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In more than 30 years of gardening at four different houses, I’ve hired a garden designer four times. I paid as little as $50 for a one-hour consult 20+ years ago and nearly $2,000 for a front-yard design in 2017. Twice the design fee was rolled into a bigger budget for installation of large garden projects. In every case, the fee was worth every penny – usually more.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!R4fD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive
When Bad Things Happen to Good Plants . . . (opens the original)
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Sometimes bad things happen to plants and gardeners. Hail beats down your peonies just as they are blooming, a hungry deer herd flattens your hosta bed, squirrel vandals dig up newly planted annuals and steal them, straight-line winds topple a prized tree, or a tornado or flood takes out your garden. Or the person you asked to water while you were gone … Read more
July's Vegetable Tally + August Tasks (opens the original)
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Do you tally your harvests? Some gardeners weigh every ounce of fruit and vegetable picked from their gardens and keep diligent records of their produce pounds. That has never been me. Until this year. Because I am growing more food on my deck and patio, I decided to keep records of how much of each type of vegetable the container garden produced. And, as long as I was counting the deck and patio harvests, I decided to count what was growing in my community garden plot as well. <a class="image-l
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