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Home Grown Garden Resources
Local Info to Get You Growing If you’re here, you’re likely looking to dig into your garden resources a little deeper. Let’s take a tour of the places and faces of our local gardening scene! More and...
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Fresh Eggs to Chicken Soup
This is our family’s story of how we transitioned through loving our backyard chickens to ultimately culling them after they stopped laying. For us crazy chicken people it’s *finally* time to place...
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Springing into Local Food
Spring Snap Peas! Hello Spring! The birds are singing, the ground has thawed and green is unfurling itself before our very eyes. Spring is officially here and that means the locally grown food is soon...
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Hugo Feed Mill: Local Icon
Walking into the Hugo Feed Mill & Hardware reminds us all why we call the good old days good. This place really is that special, not that you’d ever hear it from them… This is a place that...
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Foraging + Feasting
From nettles, to fiddleheads, ramps to cattails and of course mushrooms- foraging is the darling of the foodie world right now, and for good reason. Foraging gives food lovers a chance to go out and...
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Family Friendly Farm Visits
Summer is short and so sweet in Minnesota (ok, Wisconsin too)! Let’s savor each day with plenty of outside time, fun new experiences, family time and play… for us this mean plenty of farm visits! I’ve...
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Perennial Pollinator Plants
The best perennials to add around (or in) your Vegetable Garden Adding a few pollinator perennials to your vegetable garden border can really get your garden buzzing. There are so many reasons these...
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Organic Apple Orchards
Here’s my top picks for local Organic Apple Orchards, plus some bonus ‘almost’ organic orchards. The golden days of fall are that much better when you get to crunch into a crisp apple you just picked...
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Harvest Party in the Garden!
You’re Invited! The second annual BearPower Harvest Party will feature FREE small bites crafted by local chefs from local food. We’re pairing delicious food with family activities and eco-friendly...
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Oh Kale Yeah!
My Switch has been flipped and my body is craving hearty soups, roasted veggies and all. the. Kale! Kale really is the King of the late Fall garden. It is by far one of the easiest plants to grow and...
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Calendula Salve DIY
This was the first herbal salve I ever made, years ago and it is still one of my all time favorites to use, pretty much daily. this Calendula salve softens, heals, soothes and calms my skin in ways...
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Pumpkin Spice Cake
We all have our favorite food from holiday meals. That one most anticipated dish, or the combination of flavors that only happens once a year. For me it was the turkey stuffing and pumpkin spice cake....
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Vegetable Stamping
Vegetable stamping towels is an easy craft project using vegetables (and fruit) to make your very own unique gifts. Combining my love of vegetables and a homemade gift was a natural. These also make...
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Seed Catalog + Company Overview
Who doesn’t love Free Seed Catalogs- right!?! They can fast forward the time to lush summer gardens without that pesky weeding. Their pages are saturated with possibility and so much incandescent...
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Soil Testing for the Home Gardener
The more I garden, the more in awe I am of the soil that helps it grow. This is a great time of year to dig into- yes even under the snow- and get a soil sample. You’ll be digging up a better...
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Grow a Container Salad Garden
Growing your own salad greens is one of the easiest ways to kick start spring. Greens are fast growing, nutritious, and delicious. And just now, with most of us staying home because of Covid19, it’s a...
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Modern Victory Gardens for All
This is the Spring to get growing a vegetable garden! With so much up in the air dealing with COVID19, I am soothed knowing the ground beneath my feet is here for me. Gardening can be a great escape...
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Natural Easter Egg Dyes
Or as I like to call it; dyeing your Easter Eggs with whatever you’ve got in the house! And right now, that might be just what you’re looking for… Bubbles on a dipped egg right out of the dye Natural...
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Getting the Garden Going during COVID 19
Many of you have been asking me about vegetable gardening this year and I love it! I wanted to take this chance to cover (more of) the bases at once. Specifically, you’ve been asking me about planting...
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Bright Future Farms
This family farm’s future is bright indeed! The name alone gives you a warm fuzzy feeling and I can tell you from personal experience, their greenhouse is wonderfully warm even in the depths of...
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