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Connie Nelson

Team Leader  |  Home+Garden

Phone: 612-673-7087

E-mail: cnelson@startribune.com

Connie Nelson is the Home+Garden editor. During the growing season, she produces a weekly podcast, does how-to videos and is part of the Greengirls blog.

Recent content from Connie Nelson

• Putting a stamp on wildlife art
  A new exhibit at the Bell Museum of Natural History celebrates duck stamps, the art form that's all too often associated with basement dens and hunting clubs.
  Oct 7, 2008
• The fall five
  Instead of including the 40 or 50 things you should do, we've zeroed in on the five chores you really need to do to put your yard and garden to bed. Nightie night!
  Sep 23, 2008
• Ash borer treatment is not yet necessary
  Yes, you should be concerned about emerald ash borer. But don't grab for an insecticide yet.
  Sep 16, 2008
• Podcast episode: Take care of your grass now
  Our Connie Nelson talks with turfgrass expert Bob Mugass about the best way to maintain your lawn in the fall.
  Aug 24, 2008
• Podcast episode: Community gardens and tomatoes
  We talk with Ila Duntemann about the third annual Parade of Community Gardens. Also, Tim Kornder, owner of Brewery Creek Garden Center answers a question about tomoato plants that won't flower.
  Aug 15, 2008
• Podcast episode: Japanese beetles are chewing up gardens
  Japanese beetles are going wild in gardens. We called U of M entomolgist Jeff Hahn to find out how to stop this voracious bug.
  Aug 8, 2008
• Podcast episode: Your gardening questions answered
  Horticulturist Deb Brown answers your questions on top-heavy tomato plants, non-blooming hydrangeas, and what to do with bare spots in the garden after harvesting your crop.
  Aug 1, 2008
• Podcast episode: Three weekend don'ts
  Don't mow, don't forget to water sod and don't worry about mosquitoes, for right now.
  Jul 11, 2008
• Podcast episode: Talk about a change in the weather
  We talk with Mark Seeley, a professor of soil, water and climate with the U of M about how gardeners should handle this sudden, much drier weather we're experiencing.
  Jul 3, 2008
• Podcast episode: It's watering season
  We ask garden writer and former extension horticulturist Deb Brown if summer is finally upon us.
  Jun 27, 2008

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