Wiese Acres

Mulched strawberry bed The very last gardening job performed before I can go into my version of winter hibernation is mulching the straw...

I live in a climate where tender bulbs, corms, rhizomes, and tubers do well for summer color but don't survive our chilly winters if ...

Canned Apple Pie Filling Now, I know this is a blog about gardening, but part of fruit and vegetable gardening is preserving the bounty...

Garlic plant (internet photo) Since I’m an “instant gratification” kind of gardener, fall planting is not my favorite.   There’s just so...

Internet photo Garlic is a member of the onion family.   It is actually a perennial, but is usually grown as an annual.   After all, w...

Trees that do well in North Dakota don't often give us the wild mixture of colors that some locations achieve, but that doesn't mean...

It's good to have my blog back in operation.  I needed to do some updating to my trusty old computer so it could play nice with Blogger...

Well, it's a good thing we got those apples picked when we did.  A few days later, we had our first snow of the season.  October 4 is ea...

Nothing says autumn to me like apple picking time.  Apples are usually the very last produce to be dealt with, so it is a bittersweet time...

I really do love this time of year.  It's still busy but not crazy busy like the vegetable garden and fruit orchards keep me from late J...

You can definitely feel autumn in the air.  Mornings are crisp and cool, but not so cool that you can't be outside in your shirtsleeve...

Daylilies are usually pretty disease and pest free, if planting conditions allow for good drainage and the soil contains a good supply o...

Daylilies are tough, dependable workhorses in my garden.   They are very low maintenance and every few years, they generously provide ne...