Your spring gardening questions, answered
After a particularly long, brutal winter, it's an understatement to say gardeners around the state are eager to get their hands dirty.
While it's a little too early to plant your garden, it's not too early to plan it.
Julie Weisenhorn, master gardener, joins The Daily Circuit to answer your spring gardening questions.
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• Good Question: When Should We Start Yard Work This Spring?
"Our average last frost date in Minnesota is between May 10 and May 15, so I hate to damper people's spirits, but we're not out of the woods yet," said Susie Bachman West of Bachman's flower shop. (WCCO)
• The search for plants that won't harm bees
Many of the pollinator-friendly plants and flowers that we've been filling our gardens with over the last few years may actually be harming, and even killing, bees. (Garden Drum)
• Gardening is 'meditation' for Fiona Quick
In the dining room of Fiona Quick's south Minneapolis home, signs of the coming spring are starting to emerge. (MPR News)
• Spring planting headaches
Numbers are very important for farmers this time of year. (MPR News)
Do you have a spring gardening question? Leave it in the comments below.