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Northern MN Gardens in April: It's Early! Advice from Master Gardener Becky Livermore

Brian Livermore
Becky Livermore in warmer weather!

If you live in northern Minnesota, you know that April is generally way too early to get out in the garden. Nevertheless, Beltrami County Master Gardener Becky Livermore offers some things we can do right now – while sheltering in place - to get ready for the upcoming garden season.

She visited with Maggie Montgomery and Katie Carter on KAXE/KBXE’s Wednesday Morning Show, and offered advice on planning, seed starting, finding poles for pole beans, raking, and lifting up the mulch to look for plants coming up underneath. A couple things to remember, as you listen to her radio interview (below): “Be a little bit patient. Gauge your activity to the weather and what your site is like.” Because it’s still early!

If you have gardening questions, Master Gardenerscan help you. Beltrami County Master Gardeners operate a helpline. Call to record your question and a Master Gardener will call you back to help: 218/444-7916

 

Maggie is a rural public radio guru; someone who can get you through both minor jams and near catastrophes and still come out ahead of the game. She pens our grants, reports to the Board of Directors and helps guide our station into the dawn of a new era. Maggie is a locavore to the max (as evidenced on Wednesday mornings), brings in months’ worth of kale each fall, has heat on in her office 12 months a year, and drinks coffee out of a plastic 1987 KAXE mug every day. Doting parents and grandparents, she and her husband Dennis live in the asphalt jungle of East Nary.