Louise's Utopia 2025

Louise's Utopia, where everything is flowers and gardens, and sometimes rain. Coteau Valley Farm is a rural nursery in Northeast South Dakota. We offer a large selection of trees, perennials, and ornamental grasses. If you have a large project planned for your yard or just need a few grasses or perennials or a lone tree to offer some shade, please don't hesitate to leave a message. We love to make our yards lovely, and full of happy butterflies and bees. Please subscribe below and recieve a free bag of seeds.
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Louise's Utopia: Ingrown Horn Got Shorn And The Silver Haired Prairie Man

The other day, I was feeling slightly adventurous. So I rounded up my family, and we all went for a good old-fashioned drive. We were all having a fantastic time enjoying the peace, quiet, and serenity of the countryside when lo! Out of nowhere, or perhaps everywhere, or nowhere, or my mind skull (haha), came a strange oblong, cream colored object. A closer inspection yielded quite satisfactory results- a skull. At that moment, my only objective was to obtain decent pictures

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Dec 8, 20254 min read

Louise's Utopia: Which Hand Mower Do I Use To Get Around Small Places On The Coteau?

Razor Push Mower Coteau Valley Farm When acres and acres of grass need to be mowed on your expanse, is a push mower going to work? No. For that, you'll need a riding mower. There is not enough time in a day or a weekend to push a mower around a large acreage. (Warning to all weekend warriors.) And no, not even a self-propelled push mower will get the job done. It just will not work! Since a riding mower is the way to go for large areas. What will work on those hard-to-get s

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Nov 5, 20253 min read

Louise's Utopia: Why Add The Balloon Flower, The Fashionably Late Perennial, To Your Garden?

Balloon Flower Coteau Valley Farm Has there been a time while dallying in the garden, a little unknown sprout appears? Your gardening mind panics, and it goes into survival mode. I must tear this unknown menace out quickly, because it must be a weed! Thoughts run wild. Wait! Before you rip the roots from the earth in a hissy, think hard. Has the fashionably late blue flower arrived? If you're interested in how the balloon flower compares in the garden, or if it is a good cu

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Oct 29, 20253 min read

Louise's Utopia: Those Flower Seeds Can Be Sown In Fall, And Why They Ought To Be!

Harvesting Black-Eyed Susan Seeds Coteau Valley Farm Many folks may believe that having a garden is a spring or summer hobby. They may think that when fall comes around, gardeners kick up their toes and relax on the sofa with some bonbons. But that is far from reality! I know that the fall season is not a time to rest indoors while the garden freezes outdoors. The only relaxing I do in the fall is to admire, admire, admire! Fall is the time to harvest all those lovely seeds t

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Oct 23, 20252 min read

Louise's Utopia: How Did My Pumpkin Turn Orange When It Started Out Green?

Well, it's that time of year again to get outside and find some pumpkins! It's always fun to go and collect them from a pumpkin patch, or better yet, grow them yourself. Ever wonder why Jack-O-Lanterns start growing in shades of green, and then by fall, they are that warm orange color that we all love? This year, my family began worrying and wondering about our patch of pumpkins. In fact, they thought I had planted the wrong pumpkin seeds in the field! They asked numerous ti

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Oct 22, 20252 min read

Louise's Utopia: Which Shovel Should I Have In My Garden?

Has there ever been a time in your gardening life when, upon grabbing a shovel to dig, the handle splits in two? Well, I have had this happen to me a time or two. I am always really upset about it. One reason I am miffed is that I feel like I just lost fifty bucks on a shovel. Another is that I do not want to take the time to replace a handle on a shovel. It is time-consuming. Furthermore, the repair parts are just as cheaply made as the original shovel. I also know that when

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Oct 16, 20253 min read

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