Tomorrow it will be -20 but today it’s spring!

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  Okay I'll admit I got a little giddy because my liver function tests were hugely improved and I won't have to have surgery!  But...

Will swears he won’t have any more birthdays

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On his last birthday, a few days ago, his favorite cow dropped dead, our water line froze to the house, and we found out...

Our first tomatoes are ripe

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The tomatoes are slow this year due to the intense heat we had early on when they were starting to set blossoms. (When it...

We all had a very happy Mother’s Day

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As in our past, which has now become a family tradition, we spent the morning of Mother's Day at Byrnes Greenhouse in Zim, Minnesota....

Layout of new garden and Canning questions

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Layout of new garden  My question concerns the layout of a new vegetable garden. There is a large, relatively flat area with full sun in...