Northern Gardener

It doesn’t take a plant pathologist to know when a houseplant is in peril. Yellowing leaves, drooping stems, dropped flowers— these are all telltale signs your favorite piece of greenery is far from thriving. However, just because your plant is under the weather doesn’t mean it’s time to throw it on the compost pile: Most houseplants readily bounce back from ...

While tasty and nutritious on their own, microgreens and sprouts really shine as a glorious garnish, a finishing flash of flavor and a beautiful burst of green atop any dish. For maximum crunch and flavor, sprinkle them over a finished entrée j...

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That depends on your plants and your home’s natural light. Plants such as Norfolk Island pine, spider plant, croton, hoya or peperomia grow well in sunny east- or south-facing rooms. Dracacaena, pothos, philodendron, snake plant or zee zee plant will do well wi...

Read my Winter 2026 Northern Gardener article “H2Oh!” and you’ll quickly see that I’ve become a big fan of growing houseplants in water. And I don’t mean just dropping root cuttings in a glass for a few weeks before transferring them to soil. I mean full-blown grow...

Minnesota has a rich apple growing heritage, but it wasn’t always that way. When the state first came into being, the landscape was considered so hostile to apple growing as to elicit the famous response from east coast newspaper editor,