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It’s always good to do a bit of research before you plant, or before you pull! Author: Laura Betker Updated: 8:31 PM CDT July 16, 2021
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. There’s a lot of chatter about invasive plants that gardeners often regret planting. But in fact many of them are not invasive at all.
There’s a difference between invasive and aggressive.
The term invasive is reserved for non-natives, or plants that have been introduced to a landscape but wouldn’t occur their naturally. Many of them at one time or another were even sold in garden centers. These plants spread rapidly and out-compete the native ones to take over and can destroy the landscape. Sometimes they re very pretty flowers, but you don’t want them in your space.
Dry, hot conditions are also fueling wildfires in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.
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Corn plant leaves roll up in response to drought and heat as the plant tries to conserve moisture. Photo taken June 22, 2021, near Frazee, Minn. (Dan Gunderson / MPR News File)
Rachel Gray and her family raise beef cattle on their farm in Blackduck, in Beltrami County, in far north-central Minnesota.
Right now she says they re grazing about 500 heifers, along with 17 bulls. But she said that s not going to last much longer. We are currently running out of pasture even though we ve been very careful to manage those areas,” said Gray. “It is like nothing we have seen up here.
Master Gardener Sue Morris: U of M says allow some browning in lawns to conserve water
The University of Minnesota suggests that we allow some browning in lawns to conserve water; watch for squash vine borers in your garden.
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If you are a glass half-full type of person, you perhaps are thinking that the drought isn’t all bad with the high price of fuel this summer, you aren’t buying as much because you don’t have to mow your lawn. But then the money you save on fuel is spent on water for your lawn.
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