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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ending of winter and approach of spring intensify cabin fever and turn gardeners' thoughts to the potential that greenhouses -- and their fancier cousins, conservatories -- offer. A greenhouse or ...

Gus and Mary Picardo have been eating their own homegrown lettuce since February. By mid-March, they had tomatoes growing on more than four dozen healthy plants. Their fig trees were bearing fruit ...

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 ...