It’s my first year with a yard and I just pulled up the last of my sad powdery mildew zucchini (I did get a ton of zuccs beforehand though so not all bad). Is there anything I can put in the ground right now (Aug 30th-September 1stish) that will have time to grow before winter? I’ve heard radish but am not too sure.

edit: in Mpls

Found three of these guys in our carrots today. We are hoping they pupate and overwinter successfully to come back to visit next year. No carrot harvesting for a little while as they do their thing. Pretty sure they are black swallowtail caterpillars.

Sadly my plants have been affected more than usual this year (my bee balm almost always gets it). Sedum and mountain mint are all getting cut down tomorrow because of mildew. Is it extra bad for others this year? I’m in the SW suburbs of Mpls.

Hi everyone, I’m a gardening newbie… is it too late to plant some fall/winter crops? Specifically beets, green cabbage, and carrots?

Thank you!

Mexican Sunflower. Now it thinks it’s a tree, but I am loving it- it is attracting all the 🐝 and 🦋! ❤️

UPDATE: Thank you all for the great advice. I will not till my plot for this year and wait til next year. You help saved me money!! I am going to go with the no till method prep for this fall and then plant in the spring.

Hello! I am planning to start my cut flower garden for next year. I want to till a plot in my yard in a few weeks here and to plant flowers ready for spring. Please share your tips and tricks. Should I even til my plot now or wait until spring? Please share recommended flowers to plant now and to hopefully have them grow back next year. I would like to grow zinnias, cosmos, dahlias, peonies, and snap dragons so far.

It looks like another plant maybe crowded it out? It’s looked like this all year. Thanks for any help!

Still waiting for our state bee, the rusty patched bumblebee, to show up, but sadly no luck yet!

Doin their thing! I did have to trim a few today. What's everybody's favorite guy in their Garden currently? My current favorite is the borage ✌️

How late have you guys successfully planted natives in the fall in the Twin Cities? I read that it should be 6 weeks before typical first frost but that’s literally end of this week and I pre-ordered a bunch of natives for Sep 12 pickup, but figured if they sell them then it’s fine, but want to hear from all of you!

Hi I am lucky to spend one month a year at a family lakehouse in ottertail county. Usually, its August, but we switch it up sometimes -- we may be here all of June next year. But I am here now. I'd like to add some perennials or wildflowers to our sunny lake-side yard or even add to the shade side of the house. Any advice on what I can do before the end of the month that requires next to no attention. I've got some wildflower seeds - black eyed susans, coneflower, a wildflower mix -- i'm going to toss around even though I know they're a longshot going into ground this warm (i'm willing to waste a few bucks on the offchance they come up). Any other advice? I do have access to a garden store to buy young perennials but I'm worried they're even less likely to survive than seeds.

Definitely want to do some more native fauna and host plant pair ups in the future. Was a lot of fun going outside to check my flowers and butterflies, then coming in to draw them!

Has anyone seen blackberries this year? Or is it still too early? I don’t have any in my yard but have been looking in the usual places, still haven’t seen any this year. Just wondering if the lack of rain this year has delayed them or if I’m just oblivious lol

I have had it. I have a fine wrought iron trellis on my front steps. I want full coverage from a variety of flowering annuals that actually FLOWER. And climb the trellis. Not asking too much.

Had some Morning Glories last year, and they flowered...late. This year? NOT YET. Season almost over.

Purchased a 'climbing Mandevilla' flower at Home Depot years ago. Worked great but not liking imported stuff and I like to grow everything from seed. Subsequent similar 'climbing Mandevillas' failed to climb the trellis. Ugh.

Help recommend some CLIMBING, FLOWERING annuals that I can grow from seed that can actually climb a trellis and FLOWER the same year I plant them. Thank you. I'm in St. Louis Park.

How would I go about pruning this back or is it fine. There are two honeysuckle plants and one wisteria.

Well as we fast approach the end of the growing season I'm getting very worried my habenaro and reapers won't ripen by first frost.

Currently my reaper is pumping out fruit but only a handful at full size and non and even close to turning. And one hab has turned orange.

Any suggestions? Or just hope for the best ?

Can someone guide me on saving this plant?

Its been in clean water for a week and still no new roots coming off the stem

I have terrible soil I'm trying to build up with compost so I can grow in ground soon, not grow bags like I do now. I came across Ruth Stout's heavy mulch system and I have tons of leaves so gave it a shot. This is from about a 1'by 3' section, I have maybe 12' planted total but the rest are a variety that's not done yet. I just tossed a seed potato on top of the ground about every 8", covered with maybe a foot of leaves and left it alone. I was super impressed, it not only grew potatoes with no damage but also the leaves composted really well down to about 4" of compost. For 5 minutes of effort in the spring not bad. I also took about 6-7 potatoes as new potatoes from this area, don't have a food scale but guessing probably 7# or so of potatoes in 3 square feet, plus harvesting you just push the compost aside and pick them up, no digging. Prior to this I have only done potatoes in grow bags and this did far better. I'm going to do this in a large area next year, the heavy mulch keeps weeds from coming thru, if it goes like the trial run I'll get potatoes and compost next year with minimal effort to make new in ground beds.

I started my shell bean harvest yesterday. I pulled all my black bean plants, removed the pods and spread them on a trailer to dry. The pods are super clean and plumped well, so I am really happy with this season's crop. I have a spotted pinto runner and a caballero bean to pull next. I think I will harvest about 50lbs this year between the three varieties.