We’ve got beautiful wild orchids in bloom
We have a "secret" spot along the woods where Showy Lady's Slipper orchids bloom, the state flower of Minnesota. And they are just now...
Q and A: canning sausage and three sisters planting
Canning sausage
Can sausage be canned like ground beef? No one here likes sausage patties but do like sausage gravy and soup. Canned the same...
It’s been a different week
I've been busy cleaning out my raspberry-choked flower beds in the front yard, getting ready to renew them. Around here, wild raspberries are among...
We finally had our big freeze
Sunday night, it dropped down to 27 degrees F. A clear sky made it inevitable. Bummer! Luckily, we had already rushed around and gotten...
Snow, snow, and more snow
We nearly always get an April blizzard so when we passed through much of April with warm temperatures, we figured it missed us this...