Ag News Wire By Gary Wyatt, an agroforestry educator University of Minnesota Extension Conifers are planted as shelterbelts, windbreaks, living snow fences and winter wildlife thermal cover on ...

When it comes to attracting birds, there is a guaranteed recipe for success. Birds are attracted to a backyard that provides the tempting trio of food, shelter and nesting sites. And what’s a ...

Variegated Aucubas must be located in shade and will scorch in sun ... even if they’re growing under giant conifers. Aucubas take to pruning well, but don't try to thin them out.

The fern quarter at the western end of our gardens was redesigned a few years ago. The larger part is dedicated to native ferns and their companion plants. More than 35 different fern species from the ...