Category Archives: Gardening

HOMELAND INVASION

Posted on October 1, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  We are currently being invaded by small creatures. And not in the garden, which would be bad enough, but in the house – hundreds of live and dead bodies about the windows, climbing the walls, and all within our … Continue reading →

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HOT DISH

Posted on September 23, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  The Lasagna Method in garden-ese reduces the amount of digging needed to start a new perennial or vegetable bed. In other words – you cover the old growth or sod with layers, wait, and plant. “Lasagna” is the name … Continue reading →

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HERITAGE

Posted on September 19, 2012 by snowbirdredux

I’ve been chasing after my past for as long as I can remember, hurtling ethereally backwards to catch a fleeting glimpse of what it meant to be me. All those ghosts I never knew, and a few I did, who … Continue reading →

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SEPTEMBER SONG

Posted on September 3, 2012 by snowbirdredux

When I asked Cal how much longer he thought we could extend the Saturday Farmer’s Market in Fergus Falls, he optimistically ventured a guess about the first of October, but realistically cited the middle of September for the first frost. … Continue reading →

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BUNNY LOVE

Posted on August 22, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  My kindergarten teacher mother had a favorite book which she would read to her group of five-year-olds each year. And to me. Repeatedly. And so I grew up physically imbued and psychologically branded by the tale of “The Velveteen … Continue reading →

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BOSSY PANTS

Posted on August 8, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  What is up with these Minnesotans? Oh, there’s “Minnesota Nice” – and that particular nomenclature couldn’t be closer to the truth. Hospitality and courtesy abounds in this state. The artistic life is not only alive and well, but exceptional. … Continue reading →

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BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Posted on July 27, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  A few years ago, when we were still living in California, T.M. (Bob) connected up with his cousin Dennis. They were the same age and had participated in some coming of age hi-jinx during the summers that my husband … Continue reading →

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SCHLUMPING BALES: AN UPDATE

Posted on July 16, 2012 by snowbirdredux

When I first reported enthusiastically on the experimental fun of gardening in straw bales, I promised an update. To recap, it is a process created by a Minnesota horticulturalist, Joel Karsten who was the keynote speaker this year at the … Continue reading →

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CHANNELING SUSAN ORLEAN

Posted on July 11, 2012 by snowbirdredux

When Liz called to tell me that there was a field of orchids near her house at Jewett Lake and I had to come quick, I had no idea just how memorable that find would become. First of all – … Continue reading →

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HELP, I’M MELTING!

Posted on July 5, 2012 by snowbirdredux

  In one hour we’re picking up our daughter, Sheila at the Fargo airport. This will be her first trip to Minnesota and we’re hoping to entice her and pull out all the stops. Most likely it’s too much to … Continue reading →

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