Planting Native Seeds with a New Generation
Master Gardener May Lee helps third graders learn about growing native plant seeds. With a few months of “cold stratification” in a refrigerator, plants like milkweed […]
The Iceman Cometh
Minnesota Water Steward Joe Knaeble is concerned with a problem that is mostly invisible: increasing levels of salt in groundwater due to the overuse of […]
Winter Sowing Native Seeds
Many Minnesota native wildflowers need extra help to sprout in the spring. Some need cold, wet conditions in order to break the seed coat. This […]
Cistern Winter Prep
In preparation for the colder weather, we recently winterized the cistern at Discovery Point. The cistern collects runoff from about 1/3 of the roof and […]