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Your local garden center or greenhouse will likely be busy this time of year, so it's a good idea to come prepared.
Don and John spend this episode sharing their ripened wisdom on how to get the most out of your trip to the garden center, from having the dimensions of your planting area at hand to the first thing you should do when you get your new plants home.
Have a question for Don? Send him an email at donald.kinzler@ndsu.edu .
This week Don Kinzler takes questions about preventing and treating woodpecker damage, whether sump pump water is safe for gardens, and when one should stop harvesting asparagus and rhubarb.
This week garden columnist Don Kinzler recommends 25 simple gardening items will make a big difference this summer.
Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about treating arborvitae winter damage and the best time to divide peonies. He also identifies the white-flowered trees currently in bloom around town.
Garden columnist Don Kinzler says watering a new tree immediately after the planting operation is a key to success. He offers tips for how much water to give and how often to repeat the process.
Gardening columnist Don Kinzler revisits the causes and remedies for patchy lawns this spring, shares additional tips for coaxing carrot seed to germinate, and more.
Gardening columnist Don Kinzler writes about shrubs commonly used for hedges in the Upper Midwest. He also offers tips for creating a hedge.
Fielding Questions columnist Don Kinzler explains what can be done about nightcrawlers, when best to fertilize lawns with Milorganite and methods for growing carrots.
Growing Together columnist Don Kinzler breaks down why local lawns are ailing and what homeowners can do to restore the yards.
Now that spring is here, the question on many people's minds is when it's safe to plant. Gardening columnist Don Kinzler answers that question and more in this week's column.
Gardening columnist Don Kinzler offers advice on telling whether perennial flowers, deciduous shrubs, evergreens, trees, lawns and more are dead or simply growing slowly due to the late spring.
