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The watercolor "Terry's Garden" by Dan Wiemer.

Northern Gardening is an excellent resource for all gardeners--especially those in a colder climate. 

I am a Minnesota Master Gardener with over 28 years of hands-on experience working in my own zone 4 northern gardens.  My Minnesota gardens have been featured in several periodicals including the Sept./Oct. 2003 issue of Midwest Living magazine and the spring 2007 gardening issue of Midwest Home.

I also enjoy garden writing and have regular columns in the Northern Gardener magazine and the Republican Eagle newspaper. If a plant is mentioned in one of my articles it has proven its hardiness in my own zone 4 gardens. Many of my past newspaper articles are available in the archive and I will be adding a new one quarterly--so check back.

On this website,  I have also included a photograph album showing my former backyard [page one and page two] as it evolved, as well as a page with the gardens at my new home and the gardens of other northern gardeners

So, what is a Master Gardener? Visit my extension page for more information about the master gardener program in your own state and how you too can become a volunteer. I have also included links to the state extension websites so you can easily find your local extension office--a great resource for gardening information specific to your area. 

Download my FREE
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that has pages for jotting down notes on the seeds you start, your new plantings, when you fertilized, and even a graph to plot a new garden.