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I’m just going to leave these two photos right here and share some zinnia trivia with you: These varieties are why zinnias are among my top 5 favorite flowers. At the rehearsal dinner the night before my wedding, we had arrangements of zinnias on each table. If I owned my own retail store, which would be […] Read more…
It’s the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so it’s clear to those who know me that I don’t have much time write. Life at the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association is crazy busy right now and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Just this week I’ve talked to the New York Daily News, a reporter in San […] Read more…
Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul. – Luther Burbank Aren’t these ‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea blooms crazy gorgeous? The blooms have now officially changed from white to green and they are absolutely enormous. I’m holding three blooms here and couldn’t even get my iPhone camera […] Read more…
Happy June is Turkey Lovers’ Month, people! And as luck would have it, today I was able to spend most of my time at a turkey farm, taking photos and videos for an upcoming event we have going on for the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association. My coworker, Erica, is part of a fourth-generation family farm […] Read more…
Frost possibility? In mid-May. Of course it’s Minnesota. Sigh. Well, Mother Nature, when you are ready to give us spring in more than one-day increments, I will be ready to plant my vegetable gardens and pot my flower pots and get my hands dirty in the soil. Hint, hint. Read more…
A silly selfie before we all go to bed … another Wednesday done and in the books, another step closer to the things we’re looking forward to: Me – My convention (the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention) and, immediately following, recovery and relaxation on our spring break vacation in the Florida Keys. Joe – His school […] Read more…
Wishful thinking for a garden bed full of bright, colorful zinnias. Current temperature: -8 degrees (and that doesn’t count the wind chill). Yes, it’s January and yes, it’s Minnesota. But I can still take out my garden catalogs and wish for warmer, spring days. It’s what we do here in Minnesota when the weather gets […] Read more…
I think I’ve worn my snow boots more this winter than in any other winter in recent memory. That’s what it seems like, although perhaps it’s because winter seemed to start earlier and the past six weeks have been ridiculously cold. (Yes, even for the Minnesota tundra.) Or maybe I’m just getting older, which leaves […] Read more…