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How to protect plants from frost
After a warm fall, the frost is finally approaching. Are your plants ready?
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Editor’s Note: This video aired Aug. 2, 2024.
The Twin Cities area has experienced an unusually warm autumn season, but at last… the frost is arriving.
KARE 11’s weather team says overnight temps will dip down into the low-20s or at least below freezing in a number of spots across the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota, especially early Tuesday. This cold snap is expected to bring an end to our growing season all across the region. If you’re looking to keep your favorite outdoor plants around for a few more days or weeks, cover them overnight with a sheet, blanket or tarp.
Longer term, If you have plants, vulnerable trees or gorgeous blooms that you want to last through the winter, here are some tips before frost hits them.
University of Minnesota Extension horticulture experts say to water your plants up until the freeze, use fallen leaves as mulch and avoid pruning after September.
Our Grow with KARE experts Laura Betker and Bobby Jensen say there are specific plants you should never prune in fall, including magnolias, rhododendrons and lilacs.
On the other hand, plants like daylilies, peonies, bee balm and bearded iris should be cut back in fall. Here’s more on the do’s and don’t’s of fall pruning.
When it comes to trees, UMN experts say that young, thin-barked saplings are vulnerable to sun scald and frost cracks. Install white tree guards around trunks to prevent damage from deer and the intense winter sun.
If you have shrub roses that you’d like to survive the winter, UMN Extension advises to install fencing around the shrub and pile on fallen leaves to insulate and guard the plant from animals.
What to plant in preparation for spring
It may seem a little early, but October is the perfect time to start looking ahead to spring blooms. Betker shared that this time of year is perfect for planting spring bulbs.
If you’re looking for some ideas for your garden, The Old Farmer’s Almanac recommends daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops, tulips, hyacinths, irises and alliums.
Billy Wilder’s classic movie has moved to the big stage.
MINNEAPOLIS — “Some Like It Hot” is headed to Minneapolis as a new Broadway musical and a classic slapstick movie.
The show runs from Tuesday to Sunday and features two musicians escaping from gangsters in the 1920s.
The original movie premiered in 1959, starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. Curtis and Lemmon masquerade as female saxophone players to get away from gangsters, and get entangled in a whole new set of drama.
As the creative team brought this classic movie to 2024’s stage, they updated parts of it to reflect modern times and center a message of acceptance and gender fluidity.
Edward Juvier, who plays Osgood, visited KARE 11 News at Noon to share more about the show.
Tickets start at $40 and can be purchased at this link.
Backyard surveillance video catches the moment a 4-year-old is seen running away from a coyote chasing close behind her.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Surveillance video catches a 4-year-old running away in fear of a coyote chasing close behind her in a Northeast Portland backyard.
“Dad, there’s a coyote,” the child said while running.
Her dad, initially with his back turned, said “no” and then after seeing the coyote, yells “oh, (expletive)! Holy (expletive)!” and chased after it.
The 4-year-old jumps on a child picnic table in the backyard to get away. The coyote appears to pause for a second near the picnic before making its escape. The father, a Vancouver firefighter, quickly picks her up to get out of the backyard.
“There’s a coyote,” said Charlie Schmidt, the father. “There’s a coyote! Quickly get inside!
Videos from security cameras around then show the coyote then run toward other children before running away.
Schmidt told KGW it’s not uncommon to see coyotes around the neighborhood. Though, he’d never seen anything like this.
“I was happy that nothing happened but little scared that it was chasing them,” he said. “That seems a little abnormal for their behavior.”
As part of National Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, MACC will hold a “Clear the Shelter” event on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 and 26.
MINNEAPOLIS — October is National Adopt A Shelter Dog Month, a designation to highlight the number of four-legged friends who are available and longing for a loving family to call their own.
Minneapolis Animal Care & Control (MACC) is celebrating with a two-day “Clear the Shelter” event on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 25 (1 p.m. to 5 p.m.) and Oct. 26 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.), where adoption fees will be waived for all members of the community.
Shelter officials say the facility is currently at maximum capacity. A $4,000 grant from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) through the Subaru Loves Pets initiative will allow MACC to cover adoption fees.
Those adopting dogs during the event will still have to cover Minneapolis licensing fees.
“Often we see that these fees stand as barriers for people to pick up their pets that have been brought into our shelter,” said Madison Weissenborn, MACC volunteer and outreach coordinator. “We’re so appreciative of these two grants that give our community support to bring their beloved pets home. Opportunities like these mean more families get to experience the joys of pet ownership.”
In addition to the adoption event, the Best Friends Society recently awarded MACC $10,000 that is designated to forgive first-time impound fees (up to $85) to help impounded dogs and cats reunite with owners who might not be able to cover the fees.
For more on adopting a pet in Minneapolis, check out the MACC website.
