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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.
Dakota Gardener: The Nuances of Pruning Spring-flowering Shrubs
Esther McGinnis
Shh! Don’t tell her I said that!
Although she was a woman of many talents, pruning shrubs was not one of them. We each had a lilac shrub adjacent to the property line. In mid-May, my shrub would burst forth in all of its lavender-colored glory. In contrast, my neighbor’s shrub would quietly leaf out and never bloom.
One year, she asked me why my lilac consistently bloomed each year and hers would not. I delicately responded that bad timing, combined with her pruning method, sheared off all of the newly formed flower buds before they could bloom.
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Dakota Gardener: Best Vegetable Varieties for North Dakota
Tom Kalb, Horticulturist
What’s the best way to find a great variety for us in North Dakota?
Ask your neighbor. Or better yet, ask hundreds of gardeners in North Dakota who test varieties for North Dakota State University. Last year alone, 320 families tested promising varieties in their backyard gardens. We’ve been doing these tests every summer since 2008.
We’ve discovered lots of great varieties through the years. The following are a few of the finest.
The best pea is ‘Lincoln.’ This heirloom produces high yields of delicious peas and is great for freezing. ‘Sugar Ann’ is our champion snap pea. This variety ripens early and produces big crops of sweet, crisp pods.