Today I saw $7.99 eight-pound bags of potatoes at the store!

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Holy mackerel, $1.00 a pound for plain old potatoes that weren't that nice, to begin with. My heart just about stopped. My potatoes are doing wonderful, the plants being nearly up to my waist,...

Q and A: Rhubarb bolting, Saving potatoes, and Long-term food storage

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Rhubarb bolting I’m glad your Rhubarb is coming up, so fun seeing the first sprouts of the year. My rhubarb is up and has already bolted, again! I have had them in the ground for...

Mid-winter but no cabin fever

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Sure, I'd rather have less snow and cold. But if our weather up here in northern Minnesota was milder, the whole state would be built up, elbow to elbow! Actually I find plenty to...

Can you find Jackie?

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CAN YOU FIND JACKIE? With the heat and rain, our tomatoes have run amok. Although I put the rows four feet apart, staking and caging the plants, you can hardly fish your way though the...

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 the spring frosts. Here in eastern Washington, the orchardists use...