Improve your indoor and outdoor container gardening success with a quality potting mix. This can be more difficult than it sounds since you ca…
Master Gardeners and UW-Extension Offices from Dunn, Wood, Grant, Kenosha and Racine counties will host spring garden seminars in March.
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As winter settles over Wisconsin, the 27th annual PBS Wisconsin Garden & Landscape Expo brings a bit of spring-like warmth to the Exhibiti…
With the new year upon us, healthy lifestyle habits are sure to be on many people’s minds as they plan for changes in diet and exercise. The n…
The Chippewa Valley Master Gardener Association and UW-Extension Chippewa County are hosting the annual Think Spring Garden Seminar on Saturda…
Author, blogger and proclaimed “houseplant guru” Lisa Eldred-Steinkopf follows a rule that if you have enough sunlight in your home to read, y…
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Holiday cacti are not only popular gift plants, but they are also the subject of frequent debate among gardeners. There appears to be much con…
We’re all familiar with the ancient Chinese adage “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.” T…
The holidays are here and soon family and friends will be gathered together, a blend of different ages and different interests. Involve all ag…
Since 1932, a panel of judges has published its list of All American Selections, featuring cultivars not yet released to the public. After ext…
This year I am going to give amaryllis bulbs as presents and I would like to include some care instructions with the bulbs. Can you help?
When we were looking for a new place to live, we were astonished at the beauty of the place we discovered. Giant oak trees towered over the ho…
Winter has come early this year, spawning thoughts of holiday shopping. Although I think gardeners are easy to shop for, my family disagrees. …
At the end of 2019, 2,627 Master Gardener Volunteers reported nearly 169,000 hours of community service from 71 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties, eq…
I recently harvested my fall crop of daikon radishes. Only a few of them were a decent size while the rest of them ranged from “too small to k…
In November, there’s still gardening to be done. Depending on where you live, you may have already experienced a hard freeze and perhaps even …
Reader Ray from Chilton, Wisconsin, has shared a brilliant idea on an easy way to attract bees and bumblebees with fast-growing radishes! Here…
Now that I’m bringing in some of the potted plants for the winter, I am wondering if any of them were poisonous to my cats and my dog. Is ther…
Much is being written these days about the importance of pollinators to the world as we know it. Indeed our future food supply may depend on t…
I know you have addressed this before but could you tell me when and where is the best place to plant raspberry canes? My friend has a bunch t…
Once the calendar page turns to October, gardeners know that the end of the growing season is near. Perhaps your area has even experienced a k…
Wood County Master Gardeners are sponsoring a fall garden seminar on Oct. 19 from 8 a.m. to noon at UWSP Marshfield Campus, Room 141, 2000 W. …
Long before their leaves begin to drop, trees and shrubs begin preparing for winter. Just as squirrels store food for the long winter ahead, t…
The garden is winding down and it’s time to think about your gardening year. Were you buried in beans or swamped by squash? With successes and…
At long last, it’s tomato season! A juicy, red ripe tomato is a sure sign of summer, and none taste better than those plucked from the vine, s…
School is starting, September is here, and fall is right around the corner. But the growing season is not yet over. Tomatoes are often just st…