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Making homemade powdered flower food is a simple and effective way to nourish and prolong the life of your fresh flowers. Powdered Flower Food is something you can create with just a few simple household items: sugar, baking soda, and citric acid. We use this recipe for our fresh cut flowers at […]
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There comes a point every fall when the garden makes the decision for you. A few chilly nights finally convinced me it was time to pull everything that was still hanging on. The tomatoes came in. The squash came in. The onions and garlic were gathered up. The potatoes were dug. The last of the […]
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The fall equivalent of a leaving a bundle of hand cut flowers on the porch A Small – and Autumn Themed – Token of Appreciation I’m unsure if this is a Midwest-born tradition or if it’s just a tangible example of the friendliness that lives between our small towns over here but boo baskets are […]
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Léiffrawëschdag—a little piece of Luxembourg, carried through generations, from the farms of our ancestors to a basket on our kitchen table in Minnesota. Celebrating Assumption Day When I was a little girl growing up around Rollingstone, Minnesota, I remember seeing our farm neighbors carrying bundles into church in the middle of August. They were filled […]
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This morning arrived wrapped in fog. The kind that softens the edges of everything. The fields disappear into white, the birds sound farther away than they are, and the whole farm seems to move a little slower. It is the sort of morning that makes another cup of coffee sound like the best plan for […]
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