Here in Minnesota, it’s not exactly gardening season yet (last frost date, according to Bachman’s, is May 10), but it’s definitely time to start planning. Here are some gardening and fresh food resources for you:
- Should You Grow Head Lettuce or Leaf Lettuce in Your Garden? | Planet Green – Short but helpful article on growing lettuce in your garden.
- How to Attract Birds in St. Paul or Minneapolis, MN Year-Round | Associated Content – Useful for locals, if you’re in the planning stage of gardening (which you should be, because it’s not time to plant yet), and you want to bird-watch.
- Where to find pick your own farms and orchards in Minnesota – It’s probably too late to join a CSA, but never too late to pick your own (limited only by the seasons). I’ve only gone the orchard route, but would try something else if anyone wants to plan it.
- Enjoy Fresh, Local Food All Year | Mother Earth News – Excellent tips, including links to more resources.
- GrowVeg.com – Free 30-day trial of the Garden and Crop Planning Tool – If I knew the dimensions of our garden areas, I would have started my plan already. Because, well, I’m a planning girl. I like graph paper.
- 75 Things You Can Compost, But Thought You Couldn’t | Planet Green – We don’t compost, and I don’t really see myself picking up this habit any time soon. But, I know people who do, or who want to. This is for them.
- Vegetable Harvest and Storage | University of Missouri Extension -
- Vegetable Storage at Home | University of Vermont Extension -
- How to Get Your Kids to Eat Almost Anything | Dumb Little Man – Bound to be controversial, but I found this article many months ago and bookmarked it for reference later. I like it. Think I can use it on myself?
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