Vegetable Gardening

Improving your Soil with Compost

When should I add compost? If you have flower or veggie gardens that haven’t been producing strong plants with great foliage, prolific flowers, or good harvests, then it may be time to amend your soil with compost from [...]

May 3, 2022|

Lawns to Legumes Program now Accepting Applications!

In many of our past blog posts about pollinator-friendly planting, we've discussed the Lawns to Legumes Program with readers. This program offers Minnesota residents the opportunity to apply for individual grants, which offer up to $300 reimbursement to cover the [...]

August 25, 2021|

Tips for Summer Flower and Veggie Gardens

Sargent's Nursery has a few tips to you keep your flowers blooming and vegetable gardens producing this summer. Don't forget to deadhead flowers to encourage reblooming and prevent seeds from forming.  Plus it will help your plants just plain look [...]

July 6, 2016|

Pests Large and Small Invading Your Veggie Garden

Most vegetable gardens are now planted and growing.  It is finally warm enough for all those crops like pumpkins, beans, tomatoes and peppers.  Thankfully we have had some regular rain and haven't had to do much watering of our transplants and [...]

June 4, 2014|

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