All of the gardens (9 of them!) are doing very well

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We did get a little rain off and on. Not a great deal but enough to keep things going. We're so happy with the...

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

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You'll remember that with the drought last year, we had lots of grasshoppers? Well, with half of them being female, they laid lots of...

Q and A: Sweet and spicy pickles, planting potatoes, and planting fruit bushes

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Sweet and spicy pickles What I would like is a recipe for sweet and spicy pickles. My husband and I were at a flea market...

From below zero to above 60 in one week!

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Only in Minnesota does it go from sub-zero to 62 degreesin a week. We did have about 2 feet of snow on the ground,...

Q and A: Canning milk and All male blossoms on squash

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Canning milk I have your cookbook and want to try canning some milk. Have you ever done it in smaller quantities than quarts? I was...