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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 9M ago

A New Project

Hello faithful readers. A little note to let you know what the U of M edible landscape is up to this year, and where I've been lately. The edible landscape garden at the University of Minnesota is back in it's original spot, just in front of the plant growth facilities on the St. Paul campus. Quite
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 9M ago

An Interesting Season

As many of you know, it's been a funny year for gardeners in Minnesota. Our long, cool spring really slowed things down, and the recent burst of rain and heat has caused things to flourish in an almost uncontrollable manner. It's been wild to watch how quickly plants have grown over the last several
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

Edible Landscaping...It's Everywhere!

Looking for a little inspiration to help plan your edible landscape this year? Think outside the rows and check out this slideshow from the San Francisco Chronicle. Here's one image that reminds me...if you need a fence to keep critters out of the garden, make the fence a feature!Image borrowed from
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

What do you do with all that chard?

For anyone who has heard me speak about edible landscaping lately, you've probably noticed I have a thing for Swiss chard. A big thing. A somewhat overly-enthusiastic thing. But I can explain. To me, it's just the perfect plant for the edible landscape. It's easy to grow - meaning it is easy to star
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

Fruit for the Edible Landscape, Part 2

We've talked about fruit for the edible landscape here before, but I think it warrants another mention. So often fruits seem to be forgotten when it comes to gardening, perhaps because they seem a little more difficult to grow than annual vegetable plants like lettuce and tomatoes. But with a little
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

Seed Catalogs: The Promise of Spring

At this time of year, it is common for those of us who live in the snowy north to start dreaming about sandy beaches, crystal blue water, flip flops and tiki bars. We sign up for email updates on airfares to warm places, to remind ourselves warm places do indeed exist, and that we might just hop on
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

The Late-Season Shuffle

It's getting to that time of year when the edible landscape starts to look a little....tired. The former sea of golden calendula is now a sea of developing seed-heads (keeping up with dead-heading seems futile). The cosmos are leaning and looking a little spindly. The dill has completely gone to see
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

Okra...in Minnesota?

We often think of okra as a southern staple, and rightly so: this plant thrives in hot weather. But it is possible to successfully grow okra up here in the north, because okra a fairly fast grower (60 days for 'Burgundy'). So it works even in our short growing season. Yields may not be as high as in
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

Master Gardeners Visit Edible Lanscape

 On Saturday August 8, 2009 a group of about 40 Master Gardeners attended a conference session at the Edible Landscape. We talked about the whats and whys of edible landscaping, and (despite the rain) spent some time in the garden exploring a few of the plants one might not often think about using i
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Edible Landscaping in Minnesota · 1Y ago

The Almightly Chard

And now a little plug for Swiss chard. I'm a little biased because it is one of my very favorite vegetables. It is so much more flavorful than spinach, has a little more body than spinach (keeps its nice texture when cooked), is incredibly versatile in the kitchen(just Google "chard recipes" and you
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