The Minnesota Rose Gardener

Part One:  What Organic-Environment Gardening Means “First… Do No Harm”: Hippocrates, Greek Physician, 460-370 B.C. That an...

Here is an article about organic control of Japanese Beetles, which I wrote for the July/August American Rose magazine, in collaboration wi...

Author's note: One month after posting this, the JBs are the worst I've ever seen; very unlike how they started out.  That obviates ...

One week ago today, here in Minneapolis, we woke up to temperatures of -20 F (-29 C), with wind chills around -35 F (-37 C).  And we had upw...

The last time the dreaded Polar Vortex invaded the lower 48 states was nearly three years ago, in January 2014, and it was pretty rough, esp...

There is a continuing misconception among many folks who grow roses in the "cold zones" (i.e. USDA zones 3, 4, 5 and 6), that ...

The JBs arrived early this year, on June 19th, and they have been the worst ever. Over the last two months, on many days I have drowned seve...