Dakota Gardener: The Right Tree for the Right Place
Joe Zeleznik,
Spring is a great time to plant trees. What tree species or variety should I plant this year?
I’ve planted at least one tree every year for more than 30 years. Some years, it’s a single tree in the yard. In other years, hundreds of trees went in the ground as part of an experiment. This year, it’s likely to be one of those “one or two trees” years.
Should I plant an old tried-and-true species or variety? Let’s face it, a Colorado blue spruce is likely to survive and grow well. The same can be said of a green ash or an American elm. But those species all have been overplanted and represent a large portion of the urban forests of North Dakota – and a large portion of the trees in my own yard.
Dakota Gardener: Back in ’21
Joe Zeleznik
I sometimes wonder if I would have made a good historian.
I enjoy reading about the past, and I’ve done quite a bit of research through archival documents to learn about our ancestors.
What will the history books say about 2021 and what happened to the trees? I hope they’ll say that it was an average year and nothing special happened.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, I would make a terrible financial planner. Predict what’s going to happen to the market in the next three years? I can barely predict what’s going to happen in the next three days.
Want to garden in 2021? Plan ahead because the pandemic is still affecting supplies
In today s Growing Together column, Don Kinzler says those of us in the Upper Midwest should start stocking up early to avoid shortages this year as the nationwide gardening surge continues. Written By: Don Kinzler | ×
High demand for seeds could create shortages again in 2021, so shop seed racks early. Alyssa Goelzer / The Forum
We’ll likely be gardening pandemic-style through the spring planting season and beyond.
People gardened worldwide in record numbers last year, causing shortages in vegetable seeds and creating high demand for landscape plants and flowers. The trend is predicted to continue.