Well, I’m back in the saddle again

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Following my knee replacement, it's taken a little longer than I'd thought to get back at normal life. The first week after surgery, I was graced with a period of intense vomiting. Turned out...

With the heat and the rain, boy, do we have bugs!

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We've never had many mosquitoes here but this year I think everyone in Minnesota is complaining about them, us included. So we're fighting back! We put up eight new birdhouses and have several families...

Spring is officially here — we saw robins today

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Will bummed me out this morning. He got up earlier than I did and saw our first robin in the tree in our backyard. But I one-upped him when I drove to town this...

Q and A: Blossom end rot and old laying hens

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Blossom end rot Not a question, but a comment and suggestion for the man with a not very productive garden and blossom end rot on his tomatoes. I've learned that blossom end rot is worsened...

Will and I will be attending the Homesteading and Sustainable Lifestyles Expo in Orr...

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Will and I will be manning our Seed Treasures booth, showing some of the various crops we grow and answering questions as we pass out catalogs on august 20th and 21st. I'll also have...