GARDENING RESOURCES

Gardening Resources

General Plant Growing

Joe Gardner has podcasts (new one every Thursday), videos, free guides and more on a multitude of gardening topics.

https://joegardener.com/

UMN Extension’s page on yard and gardens:

https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden

Prairie Moon Nursery’s website on how to grow native plants from seeds, growing a prairie, plants for pollinators, etc.

https://www.prairiemoon.com/blog/resources-and-information

Vegetable Disease and Insect Problems

Cornell University’s growing page:

https://blogs.cornell.edu/livegpath/

Jo Gardner’s podcast/info on tomato diseases:

https://joegardener.com/podcast/understanding-tomato-diseases/

University of MN site on plant problems:

https://apps.extension.umn.edu/garden/diagnose/plant/

Soil testing

http://soiltest.cfans.umn.edu/

Raingarden Info:

To find your watershed district go to the following website and click on the map at your location:

https://www.pca.state.mn.us/water/twin-cities-metropolitan-area-tcma-watersheds

Watershed districts do not follow city boundaries. For example, White Bear Lake is in 4 watershed districts. Watershed districts have grants for homeowners.

A good place to start to learn about rain gardens is the Blue Thumb website:

http://www.blue-thumb.org/

Many of you are probably in the Rice Creek Watershed District:

https://www.ricecreek.org/

Almost all the watershed districts have a grant program for homeowners and organizations. The grants range from $500 and up depending on the project. You must apply for the grant before purchasing any plants or supplies. The grants usually don’t apply to labor costs. The RCWD has $10,000 worth of grants available in 2019. Go to your watersheds website and follow the directions to apply for a grant.

Minnesota Wildflower Identification

A wonderful site to identify and learn about Minnesota native plants:

https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/