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Spring Valley Gardener: What To Do...
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Thursday, March 15, 2012. As this weather continues to defy the averages, it's difficult to understand what to do about the garden! However, I've learned from other master gardeners that with these warm temps, the strawberry plants can mildew. I also know that garlic in Iowa is growing. Mine can't be too far behind, can it? With that said, I'd better go take a peek and see what's going on.
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Spring Valley Gardener: April 2011
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Wednesday, April 20, 2011. I have to come to grips with this - I just love composting. It's amazing to me how it adds up. My gallon bucket fills up within two days. And during the winter, when the compost bin in the yard only piles up and doesn't decompose, it builds into a mountain! Back to my issue - I need to remember to take the banana peel from my bag before it decomposes there. Universit...
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Spring Valley Gardener: November, Really?
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Wednesday, November 6, 2013. It seems to be a continuous theme: Where did October go? To add to that, I still need to clean out my garden, plant garlic and mulch my strawberries! All these fall activities seem to be crying out to me, "Do it! Due to a myriad of reasons and excuses, I still have much yard work to do! Happy Gardening and I hope you're ahead of me! Neat Sites to Visit.
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Spring Valley Gardener: November 2010
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Houseplants, Procrastination, and Repotting. From what I understand, the most prolific pests on houseplants are mites and aphids. The first thing to do in looking for any pests is to visually inspect plants. In our area of southeast Minnesota, we had an early-season problem with earwigs - and they were everywhere! That had a few issues. I had no idea the plant was so...
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Spring Valley Gardener: November 2012
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Monday, November 26, 2012. In the course of bringing the growing season to a close, it's important to take a look at our tools. I was reminded of this through the Florida Master Gardener Program Facebook page. They had a post recently about cleaning and performing maintenance on garden tools. And this makes a lot of sense. Okay, when I say, ".right? So, in the course of cleaning any dirt from ...
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Spring Valley Gardener: August 2010
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Tuesday, August 31, 2010. Systemic Repellant for Deer and Mice. Here is a link to a very interesting article about a new repellent for deer and mice to keep them away from plants. This was developed by a UMND scientist and is scheduled to be on the market in the Spring of 2011. Take a look at the article! Http:/ www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2010/UR CONTENT 247932.html. Since then, after iss...
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Spring Valley Gardener: December 2010
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Friday, December 31, 2010. General Vegetable Favorite and More Space. As part of my garden-planning activity, I find it necessary to consider what I will be growing. This really is first priority - from there, I will be able to figure out what I can do with my space and if I really need additional garden space outside of my property. Why is it important to consider space? To submit a plan and ...
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Spring Valley Gardener: Tool Cleanup
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Monday, November 26, 2012. In the course of bringing the growing season to a close, it's important to take a look at our tools. I was reminded of this through the Florida Master Gardener Program Facebook page. They had a post recently about cleaning and performing maintenance on garden tools. And this makes a lot of sense. Okay, when I say, ".right? So, in the course of cleaning any dirt from ...
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Spring Valley Gardener: January 2012
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Friday, January 27, 2012. New USDA Hardiness Zones and Interactive Map. Yesterday, the USDA released a revised "Plant Hardiness Zone Map." It is GIS based and considered more accurate because of increased reliability of data and a longer time frame of data used. Other factors were also considered in determining the appropriate zone layout. Http:/ planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/. As I cont...
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Spring Valley Gardener: New USDA Hardiness Zones and Interactive Map
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Thanks for visiting my blog. My posts will be mainly about gardening here in beautiful Spring Valley, Minnesota! Friday, January 27, 2012. New USDA Hardiness Zones and Interactive Map. Yesterday, the USDA released a revised "Plant Hardiness Zone Map." It is GIS based and considered more accurate because of increased reliability of data and a longer time frame of data used. Other factors were also considered in determining the appropriate zone layout. Http:/ planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/.
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