Q and A: whiteflies and filling the canner

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Whiteflies I have just started gardening with my grandson. He has 5 pumpkin plants and I planted 6 Hopi squash. Each group are in their...

Q and A: making ketchup, peach trees, and bread and butter pickles

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Making ketchup In your book, "Growing and Canning Your Own Food," the Ketchup recipe on page 114 calls for 1 gallon chopped, peeled and cored...

Finally, spring is here!

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After the second longest winter in northern Minnesota history, spring is finally here. Our temperature today is a sunny 50 and the snow and...

We had a baby girl!

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Beauty had her foal this morning before we were up and what a pretty little girl she is, too! She is even a very...

Our new catalogs are out

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A week ago, we received several boxes of our new Seed Treasures catalogs. We were so tickled. Our friend, Ilene Duffy, edited and formatted...