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Gardening in cold environments is challenging but building & gardening in a cold frame can extend your growing season by weeks both in the Spring and the Fall.

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       I am blessed to have a yard with personality.  When we first moved into our home, the yard resembled an abandoned field somewhere.   The grass was tall enough that you couldn’t see the house from the road, up on a knoll.  The driveway was washed out and the whole place looked abandoned.   Today, my yard [...]

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     It is spring time now, and that means that it is also time to beware of the parvo-virus for dogs.  It was brought to my memory this week because Oprah has lost one of her newly adopted puppies to the virus; and, another of her puppies has also been very ill from it.  Parvo is deadly [...]

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       For a person who spent most of this winter freezing tushie…I can’t be sad that our weather has taken a turn for the better (and warmer); however, for my grandchildren who are coming to visit from a much warmer state, I am sad.  They have been hearing about the record snowfall this year here [...]

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        Every year on the third sunday of May, is something called, The Blessing Of The Bikes!  It all started about 36 years ago.  The history of the event says, the first year there were 4 bikes and 8 riders who rode their bikes to Baldwin, Michigan in Lake County.  They had a “blessing” on their bikes for safe riding for [...]

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         This is a gorgeous spring bride, if i ever saw one.  Aleisia could model just about anything and make it look good.   She should be voted top model in the big shots live contest.  She has been in the top 5 position for 5 weeks in a row.  Your vote could put her over the [...]

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In honor of spring

        In honor of spring i made a spring salad.  I used to make it for the residents in the nursing home that i worked in a few years back.  They loved it.          My family….doesn’t love it as much.  So, i had to make a small batch.  It is a small bag of frozen [...]

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