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Plant Garlic in the Fall for Next Year's Harvest
Posted by Aaron Barton on Sep 22nd 2022
Garlic is one of the most beloved ingredients in cooking and you can grow it at home! If you plant garlic this fall, you will have a bountiful harvest to look forward to next season. Types...
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Garden Planning
Posted by Megan Nichols on Apr 5th 2019
Growing your own food is a fun, satisfying, and rewarding experience. From caring for the plants and watching them grow to harvesting and eating the results, the whole process is enjoyable. If you’re...
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Grow and Give 2018: Produce in Production
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Sep 20th 2018
This week, we are featuring a guest blogger from Kimberly Greene-DeLanghe, the Site Coordinator and Farm Manager for Farm for All, which provides thousands of pounds of food to Loaves & Fishes. L...
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Lightning Sale June 15-17
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Jun 14th 2018
It's going to be a muggy, maybe-stormy weekend, so take shelter at Tonkadale and enjoy a buy-one-get-one-free sale* on all herbs, veggies and annual hanging baskets. *Sale does not apply to items p...
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Plants for health and well-being
Posted by Megan Nichols on Apr 26th 2018
If you've attended our Edibles Expo in the past two years you've been lucky enough to have the pleasure to speak with Jodi McKee about edible "weeds" and medicinal uses for plants. Jodi is full of fun...
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Getting Ready for Minnetonka Community Day
Posted by Megan Nichols on Mar 15th 2018
Spring is just around the corner, and the time to get busy planting and enjoy the sunshine can’t come soon enough! Luckily, it’s also the perfect time to start seeds and start planning the veggie gard...
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Indoor winter gardening: Growing microgreens
Posted by Jessie Jacobson on Feb 8th 2017
It’s going to be in the 40s this weekend! Spring is as antsy as we are, it seems. But while we wait (impatiently), planting indoors is the next best thing. Right now is when we start to crave that ta...
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Vegetables and fruits at Tonkadale
Posted by tonka_admin on Apr 19th 2014
After a disappointing vegetable growing season in 2013 and a longer than long winter, aren’t we all ready to dig into the vegetable garden? Whether you’re an experienced veteran or just a beginner, w...
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