Recovery from the Hermit’s Peak-Calf Canyon Fire has been daunting. Residents are still waiting for disaster relief payments even as floods sweep through the ashy burn scar, contaminating the drinking ...

Record the results of the seeds' length measurements and create a labelled biological drawing to illustrate the effects of light or gravity. Germination is the beginning of plant growth, and the plant ...

From the smallest snowdrops to the tallest oaks, it all begins with a seed. Plants everywhere, of every shape and size, share a similar life cycle. They all grow, change and reproduce throughout their ...

Plump, juicy tomatoes are always a favorite at harvest time during the height of summer through the early fall. When growing tomatoes in your vegetable garden, you have a choice of starting them from ...

Onions (Allium cepa) have relatives that include garlic, chives, leeks and shallots. Storage onions grown in Minnesota generally are long-day types that require 14 or more hours of daylight to form ...

You can sow the seed directly into the ground in late April or early May, but we'd recommend sowing them in pots in late March or April. Fill a 7.5 cm pot (or slightly larger) with peat-free compost.

Drag each seed lightly across sandpaper about 6–7 times (hold the seed so the small dark depression is away from the sandpaper). This will scratch the surface enabling water to penetrate the seed and ...

Find photos and identifying characteristics that’ll help you identify common Minnesota weeds.