I got the ProMix problem solved

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A friend had told me that Menards had a potting mix called Sunshine #4 that she bought, and she really liked it. So, when Will and I were in Virginia (Minnesota), we went to...

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. We meet up and visit while picking out a cartload...

Our cold winter is here

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After such nice a week or two, winter's back. Last night it was down to 12° F with a thirty-mile-an-hour wind. I'm so glad Will and I hurried to get ready. We sure are...

There was a terrible error in my latest tomato article in Backwoods Home Magazine

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I was having a hard time sleeping the night before last due to pain in my knees from over-doing it. (Yes, they're better but when I push them, they react!) I'd just gotten my...

Fall rains have begun

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After several nice, sunny days with temps in the high fifties and even sixty yesterday, we woke up to rain. Yuck. But we had a nice week, last week. We even got to visit...