Join experienced and enthusiastic instructors in a beautiful 3,000 acre outdoor classroom in this immersive 40-hour introduction to the Big Woods and Big Rivers of Minnesota. Beginners welcome! Winter ...

H’ers in Washington County can now show heritage goats in an arrangement that benefits livestock conservation and youth ...

This fact sheet is part of the Teen talk: a survival guide for parents of teenagers series. The teenage years come with many strong and complex emotions. Teens are learning how to understand these ...

Wasps commonly nest in a wide variety of sites, including on and inside buildings, in trees and in the ground. Wasps will generally not bother people when their nests are not near human activity. When ...

Black rot is occasionally a problem on Minnesota apple trees. This fungal disease causes leaf spot, fruit rot and cankers on branches. Trees are more likely to be infected if they are: Not fully hardy ...

Voles can cause damage to small trees and shrubs. They can have multiple litters in a year, and every 3 to 5 years there is a population boom. Lawn damage is most visible in the spring. Prevent and ...

Horsehair or gordian worms are long, slender worms related to nematodes. When they are immature, they are parasites of insects, arthropods and other invertebrate animals. They are harmless to people ...

Healthy garden soil with earthworms and worm burrows. Soil is so much more than dirt. Soil is a living ecosystem—a large community of living organisms linked together through nutrient cycles and ...

There will be a Shooting Sports Orientation Meeting on Monday, Feb. 3rd beginning at 7:00 pm at the Stillwater Gov’t Center. A few of our Trainers will be available to talk about the Shooting Sports ...

Grow where you have not grown cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, collards, kale, mustard, turnip or rutabaga for the past four years. Direct seed or start indoors in April. For fall ...

To facilitate rapid emergence, seed winter wheat at a 1- to 1.5-inch soil depth. Seeding shallower than an inch deep puts the crowns at a higher risk for winter kill, while seeding deeper will delay ...

The agricultural industry widely uses urea, a white crystalline solid containing 46 percent nitrogen, as an animal feed additive and fertilizer. Here, we’ll focus on its role as a nitrogen fertilizer.