A greenhouse extends the potential opportunities for growing plants throughout the cold winter months. As the temperatures drop outside in the garden, the greenhouse offers a protected environment to ...

Winter is coming, but if you want fresh herbs throughout the cold season, here is what you should be cultivating in your home ...

One in a series of columns co-written by Tony and Karen Russo, a father-daughter team and former owners of Russo’s in Watertown. In the depths of winter, when local farm beds rest under layers of snow ...

Due to the cold winter climate, there is a very short growing season in Minnesota. However, deep winter greenhouses (DWGs) have the power to extend the season to year-round for small- and medium-scale ...

Owl Bluff Farm is one of five second-generation deep winter greenhouses prototyped by the University of Minnesota research ...

For the Midwesterner who likes to eat local, this time of year is a challenge. Browse the produce shelves in middle America — or any place where snow falls in winter — and you'll find carrots from ...

ASHBY, Minn. (AP) — Nothing should be growing this winter day on these frozen, rolling hills. Yet here are green vegetables, kale and lettuce, growing in near-90 degree temperatures. They’re thriving ...

In most parts of the world, gardening is an activity for spring, summer and fall — but a well-designed greenhouse can give you four seasons of growing. The keys to keeping your greenhouse healthy are ...

If you want to enjoy some fresh-from-the-vine, locally grown veggies, you don’t need to wait until summer to dig in. Thanks to greenhouse-grown vegetables and the folks at the Rochester Downtown ...

ASHBY, Minn. (AP) — Nothing should be growing this winter day on these frozen, rolling hills. Yet here are green vegetables, kale and lettuce, growing in near-90 degree temperatures. They’re thriving ...