I found Prairie Magic apples!

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I've been looking online and calling around but when I had to go to Virginia (MN), a little voice whispered in my ear "try Vern's Greenhouse," a greenhouse only a few blocks off of...

My first flowers are blooming

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Well, okay, they are the Amaryllis I bought before Christmas. But as much as we enjoy and need bright colors this time of the year, they were well worth the price. So far, I've...

Q and A: lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic and canning curried goat

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Lettuce, beans, peas, onions, and garlic Does leaf lettuce and stinging nettle cross pollinate? I found both red and green leaf lettuce with stickers on the back of the leaves today. One is starting to...

Snow, snow, and more snow! Bah!

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Okay, so it sounds like we're getting depressed. Got that right! After getting a foot of new snow a couple of days back, we're getting another foot right now. We got eight inches overnight...

Q and A: seal on a woodstove, planting peppers, and canning cheese

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Seal on woodstove We have a woodstove in our small cabin which is 700 sq. ft. Each year the seal on the inside of the door of the wood burner comes off and causes my...