Home, lawn, garden edition features best of spring in Rock County

Each spring, the Rock County Star Herald publishes a Home, Lawn and Garden special section which features businesses and issues unique to these topics.
This year’s special section (tucked inside this week’s Star Herald) prompted us to once again marvel at the ingenuity of local residents and businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit of newcomers to the local business scene.
We at the Star Herald continue to be amazed about what our residents are doing to brighten up their homes, improve their lawns or experiment in their gardens. We try to feature a subject in each of the three categories and, again, we were not disappointed this year.
Inside this edition there is something for everyone, whether it’s inspiration to complete those long-overdue home improvement projects, take a second look at the lawns or start that garden with the help of local experts. We’ve got it covered.
Our 2022 Home, Lawn and Garden edition includes features on:
•The start of a new business, Luverne Lawn Care, a venture that continues the Farm Store legacy of lawn care services, seed and chemical sales and rental items — among many other services.
•Rooftop solar panels that generate electricity for a private Luverne home.
•The Luverne Building Center’s approach to a roller-coaster construction market.
•The creativity of Banking Barns in Hills where wood becomes works of art.
•Expert tips from George Bonnema for selecting, planting and caring for the latest varieties of hydrangeas.
•Profiles of several local Master Gardeners who reflect on their roles in sharing expert advice for vegetables, flowers, trees, fruit, landscape design and more.
•Advice from Real Estate Retrievers on how to make decisions about selling (or not selling) your home in today’s volatile housing market.
Spring weather is coming; get a head start on your own home, yard and garden ideas by reading this week’s paper.