Gardening in North Dakota – FineGardening

Today’s photos are from Shiloh in Williston, North Dakota, a chilly spot at the edge of Zones 3 and 4, but that doesn’t stop Shiloh from having a beautiful, productive garden!

Here’s the garden bed. A lack of space is not a problem out here. Add a little irrigation and you get great productive gardens.

Plants are beginning to grow in. You can see the healthy potatoes mulched with straw on the right side of the image. The line of conifers provides a little windbreak from the wide open prairie landscape.

Corn, squash, potatoes—everything looks immaculate, and there’s not a weed in sight! You can see that Shiloh uses strings down the length of the bed to make sure each row is perfectly straight and orderly. Planting the corn four rows deep like this ensures that it can effectively pollinate itself and give a good harvest.

And look at this beautiful crop of potatoes! They are picture perfect. Some four-legged helpers look on, overseeing the digging.

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