The North Dakota Gardener: Midwest Mess to Gardening Success

 Hello, my fellow upper Midwest gardeners. If you are like me, you have a hard time finding specific gardening tips and tricks for our frigid weather and short growing season. When do I start planting? Do I buy seeds or buy plants? Where do I even put a garden, so my kids and dogs won't ruin it? Can I plant radishes next to my strawberries? By trial and error, researching, gossiping, exploring, and asking for advice, I have gathered much information to share with you all! (The answer is yes; radishes are a companion plant to strawberries, ask me how I accidently found out). After many ups and downs, tragic plant deaths, spring snowstorms (yay...😒), destructive animals 🐕(and sometimes children), I have a garden in full bloom and thriving. I won't tell you how many tomato plants were sacrificed 🙊. As an amateur gardener myself, I hope to inspire others to start a garden, as well as help those who are beginners like me. I think there is always room for improvement at any level of gardening expertise you may be at. I want others to be able to use this space to learn and grow, so feel free to add anything you have learned along the way and keep following along to see my journey! Thanks for reading and happy gardening!





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