Finally, the rain has stopped … Temporarily

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While the gardens were still pretty wet from the torrential rain we experienced last week, I was able to get all of our pepper...

Sunshine, carrots, and Cowboy Candy!

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Yea, sunshine! (And the snow went away too.) We're back at it in full force. Although it was cloudy and rainy, the snow went away...

Q and A: canning beans, transplanting fruit trees, and canning with kids

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Canning beans I decided to can up several kinds of beans to save heat in the kitchen during the summer. They all look good but...

Holy Cow! It’s not supposed to be in the nineties in northern Minnesota

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For the second week now, we're experiencing a terrific (for us!) heat wave with steady temperatures in the nineties every day. What makes it...

Q and A: protecting fruit trees from frost, cloudy jelly, and canning collard greens

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Protecting fruit trees from frost I'm thinking about putting in a couple of apple trees and was wondering how you protect your fruit trees from...