Category: Garden
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26/365 Late Garden Additions #yearofgratitude
A tidy row of mushrooms add a little seasonal interest to the garden as the rest of the plantings start to say goodbye for the season. ~ Kathy B.
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13/365 Rain #yearofgratitude
After a winter of record-breaking snowfall in northern Minnesota, we wrapped up summer craving moisture. In the last week, a couple soaking rainfalls were welcomed by plant and animal life alike. “The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.” ~ Dolly Parton “Some people feel the…
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12/365 Changing Seasons #yearofgratitude
The air has shifted in the last couple weeks — the smell of changing seasons, the crisp cool edge of autumn pushing in. Even as the greenery begins to recede, other life pushes on. It can be easy to focus on the parts of life that fade as we move forward. Gratitude helps us appreciate…
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10/365 First Kiss #yearofgratitude
The sweet simplicity of a good eating apple. The “First Kiss” Apple is one grown by Minnesota commercial apple growers from the MN55 cultivar developed by the University of Minnesota. A highly recommended relative to the Honeycrsip apple. For more information on this Minnesota original: https://mnhardy.umn.edu/first-kiss-rave ~ Kathy B.
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6/365 Paddling to the Pitcher Plant #yearofgratitude
We paddled off in search of the pitcher plants reportedly growing along the edge of one of the bays of the lake, lurking amidst the cattails and other bog-loving flora. After slowly moving through the late summer lily pad fields, we scanned the edges of the sections of shoreline most likely to attract the pitcher…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 