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Mad Dog and Merrill will be featured at the event.

Home & Garden Show features Renegade Gardener, Grilling Buddies

Red River Valley Home & Garden Show attendees can walk on the wilder side with the Renegade Gardener and Grilling Buddies, Mad Dog & Merrill, featured at the 50th annual...

home & garden / community Wed, Feb 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Home & Garden: Getting a head start on Spring, early plant nurturing important

After studying the seed catalogues and perhaps a few garden books or magazines many gardeners get the itch to start some plants indoors. It can be a fun project to...

home & garden Wed, Feb 16, 2011 - 12:00am

Home & Garden: January is for Garden Planning, get ready for spring planting now

The seed catalogues began to arrive before Christmas and I love to peruse them in January. All gardeners can do this month is dream as we look out the window...

home & garden Wed, Jan 19, 2011 - 12:00am

Home & Garden: Gardening with succulents -- plants thrive well inside

One of the biggest trends in gardening today is the use of succulents. Not only are succulent gardens attractive, but they are easy to maintain and thus are an excellent...

home & garden / community Wed, Dec 15, 2010 - 12:00am

The exotic looking Bromeliad plant comes in many different colors.

Home & Garden: New plant for Christmas is exotic looking, bright colored

I have a new favorite Christmas plant. It is a Bromeliad, which is a member of the plant family Bromeliaceae. Probably the most well known member of this family is...

home & garden Wed, Dec 08, 2010 - 12:00am

Outdoor planters are a striking way of decorating for the holidays. Mary Jane Breitling/The Pioneer

Home & Garden: Decorating with evergreens beautifies your landscape

Now that freezing temperatures have killed everything in our outdoor containers, it is time to fill them with holiday greenery. Two sizes of tree tops are available at many places...

home & garden Wed, Nov 24, 2010 - 12:00am

Turkeys are prevalent in the front yard of the Breitling residence.

Home & Garden: Fall gardening means time to clean up and trim foliage

October has been beautiful, but we must face the fact that the growing season is ending. All of the signs are here, crisp and cool nights, the sounds of geese...

home & garden Wed, Oct 20, 2010 - 12:00am

The Iron Stone winery, located in the Sierra Foothills.

Home & Garden: A visit to Wine Country includes grape festival celebration

For the past month, I have been in California, spending most of my time in Lodi. Lodi has always been a farming community and during the 1930s many people from...

home & garden Wed, Sep 29, 2010 - 12:00am

LaVerne Wetzstein has enjoyed gardening since her childhood days.

Home & Garden: A garden of raised beds adds to the beauty

While walking my dog through one of West Fargo's alleys, I discovered a backyard that had numerous raised garden beds. It is the home of LaVerne Wetzstein and her son,...

home & garden Wed, Sep 08, 2010 - 12:00am

The 15-acre WCROC is celebrating 100 years.

Home & Garden: Research center at Morris home to delightful garden experience

Just a two hour drive southeast will take you to Morris, Minn., for a delightful garden experience. Morris is home to the West Central Research and Outreach Center (WCROC). It...

home & garden Wed, Aug 18, 2010 - 12:00am

Loberg garden boasts hosta collection.

A garden in the shade perfect backyard setting

Gardening in the shade presents problems to many homeowners, especially if you want color. All of us have some shade, either natural or man made. Often we begin with a...

home & garden Wed, Aug 04, 2010 - 12:00am

An interesting West Fargo garden bountiful with color, variety

On one of my evening walks I met an interesting gardener with a unique garden. Dawn Trapp and her husband, Tim, have lived in West Fargo for 23 years and...

home & garden / community Wed, Jul 07, 2010 - 12:00am

Old-fashioned biennials popular choice in the garden

Many of the popular and old-fashioned flowers we grow are neither annuals nor perennials. They are biennials, which are plants that require two growing seasons to complete their life cycle...

home & garden / community Wed, May 26, 2010 - 12:00am

Home & Garden: Container gardening revisited, to satisfy planting yen

At this time of year with frequently sunny skies and warm breezes, I am overcome by the desire to plant. However, there is still a chance for frost and the...

home & garden / community Wed, May 12, 2010 - 12:00am

Beautify your landscape with various shrubs

April is a good time to plant new shrubs. Shrubs, along with trees can increase the value of your property and make it more attractive. Their beauty begins with spring...

home & garden Wed, Apr 21, 2010 - 12:00am

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