The summer with no summer

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We are approaching the end of one of the coldest summers in recent Minnesota history. Friends who have lived here for 40 years cannot remember such a cold summer. Nighttime temperatures have struggled to...

With winter definitely here we are planning our gardens

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We've got serious snow on the ground and temps which are destined to see below zero this week, but Will and I are hard at work planning our next year's gardens. Like many of...

We had a wonderful wedding day

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After a wonderful, simple wedding at the Covenant Church, officiated by Pastor and good friend, Reuben Rosnau, we drove home to host a lunch for our friends and family members. Not only did we...

Moose has surgery

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Remember our two donkeys, Beauty and Moose? Moose was a jack, or an entire male donkey. We do not plan on breeding donkeys and a jack can become a problem when you have other...

Q and A: canning sweet potatoes, dehydrating hamburger meat, and saving tomato seeds

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Canning sweet potatoes I have question concerning sweet potatoes. Last year I canned about 2 bushels part in water and part in a light syrup, for the first time I added a tsp of of...