Get a head start on your garden. Follow these 9 essential steps to successfully start seeds indoors for a thriving spring.

Mother Nature is doing her best work again this year, delivering plenty of weather changes. As I like to say, Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Lakes and 10,000 Weather Changes. A ...

When we’re looking for inspiration for ways to spend our weekends in the garden, magazines, social media and the internet ...

A warm, sunny windowsill is ideal for hardy seedlings that don’t need tropical temperatures. Peas can be started in pots or modules, giving you strong young plants to move on when conditions improve.

A vertical garden can be a lovely addition to your outdoor space, but before you jump into this trend, there are some downsides to consider.

You need to have another perennial ready to grab that baton and start blooming as the prior one finishes. It doesn’t have to be contiguous. In fact, it’s cool if it isn’t. That lets interest in your ...

The Great Depression was a tough time for many, with food hard to come by. People favored easy-grow, hardy, and storable vegetables for their home gardens.

They may not be as pretty as carrots, but parsnips are a tasty and versatile vegetable. Photo / Unsplash, Bernd Dittrich Kem Ormond is a features writer for The Country. She’s also a keen gardener.