Snow, snow, snow

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Well, at least the perennial garden plants will have plenty of snow cover this winter. We just got another five inches today. I can't...

Beautiful, warm fall day

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I just took a cruise around the gardens and really enjoyed the fragrance of fall leaves. The maples are turning color and other trees...

Q and A: growing rhubarb and Zone 3 apricots

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Growing rhubarb Two days ago snow and hard freeze overnight, and now 70 degrees! I am growing rhubarb for the first time ever, and I...

We all had a very happy Mother’s Day

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As in our past, which has now become a family tradition, we spent the morning of Mother's Day at Byrnes Greenhouse in Zim, Minnesota....

We had a very sad weekend

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On Friday, I noticed our baby goat, Nuevo, was getting an enlarged lower belly. I suspected a urinary calculi even though bladder stones are...