Most of our road trips involve food

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I bought honeyberries and bush cherries from Honeyberry USA, in Bagley, Minnesota several years ago. (I had met Bernis and Jim Ingvaldson, the owners, at the Northern Plains Sustainable Agriculture Conference in January, held...

Finally, our rains have begun

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After two months of drought, we are getting periodic rains. Whew, it sure was dry! In the North garden (where we can't water) the ground was cracked like Death Valley. Yep, crops out there...

Good news on my knee

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I waited (painfully) for several days to get my MRI and appointment to orthotics. But it was worth the wait. I had been babying my knee as I was afraid I'd torn a ligament...

We had a hard frost but no damage

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At 5 a.m. I went outside and saw heavy frost on the roof and on the windshield of our Subaru. And this was on top of the ridge; our garden is down below where...

Poor David — He came for a Sunday visit and got roped into helping...

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It was sunny on Sunday and warm to boot. So when David and Ashley showed up for a visit, Will asked him to help him band the bull calves. (It sure is easier when...