Tag: Pollinator
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ALEXANDRIA — Think gardening season is months away? Not so fast! As Minnesota moves into January, you can get a head start with winter sowing, a simple, budget-friendly way to grow native plants that pollinators love. All you need are recycled containers (like milk jugs), potting soil, and seeds. These mini greenhouses sit outside all…
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You can call it a pollinator garden, or you can see it as a food-source-saving, ecosystem-preserving paradise. “One of every three bites of your food depends on a pollinator, including the most common fruits and vegetables,” says Kate Karam, editorial director at Monrovia, a national grower of ornamental plants. And yet pollinators, which flutter from flower…
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alle12//Getty Images 1 Aster Teddi Yaeger Photography//Getty Images There are a number of plants with small daisy-like blooms that are referred to as asters, but bees do not discriminate between varieties. They love them all! Some asters, such as New England asters, offer pollen and nectar well into the cooler fall months. This is good…