The Nerve

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Do you see that??  It is the middle of March, people, and there is WEEDING to be done already!?  The nerve!  Didn’t we just get done doing our last fall weeding?  (Although maybe you don’t have weed populations like I do…..) But hey, I am looking literally at the bright side: not only do weeds like this early [...]

A Confession…

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Am I the only one?  Please tell me I’m not the only one. Looking at the bright side of this thus-far virtually snowless winter, since Christmas I have been, gulp, trimming back shrubs and perennials that I didn’t get around to in October and November.   Yikes.  It’s embarrassing to admit. But it feels so good!  [...]

Thank you, Indian Summer

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Fall is usually a decent time to seed, so if you ask our opinion, we always say go for it.  The results are almost always good.  But this fall was particularly landscape-friendly; just look at these pictures of some mid-fall seeding we did on a soccer field and a pretty steep slope!  So cheerfully green only 3-4 weeks later.  No [...]

The Root of the Problem

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Most of the sprinkler system service calls we get are relatively small problems with easy fixes.    And sometimes they are not.   Tree roots are very persistent!

Green. for. Life! with Goodview Elementary

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  Talk about a great time!  The Minnesota Nursery and Landscape Association (MNLA) has initiated and Governor Dayton approved another statewide “Green for Life” day of service, this year’s being on September 22, 2011. This volunteer project’s purpose each year is to plant trees at over 100 schools across the state, and Winona Nursery participated [...]

Hibernating? Well, not exactly…

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…but we are holed up in the toasty office for the winter. On these cold, short winter days, you will find us on top of our design game, just plugging away and dreaming of baby green leaves and the warm days ahead.