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This past week, while browsing my wife’s hometown newspaper, The Northern Star in Clinton, Minnesota, I came across a column by Lois Torgerson. In it she had this paragraph, which was just too good not to share. “A fellow was asked how his gardening skills had improved since the quarantine. He quickly answered: I planted myself on the couch and I’ve grown considerably.” I, for one, am sick of the couch and with the warmup outside, the itch to plant needs to be scratched now. With spring upon us and the advent of warmer weather, gardene...
With Covid-19 and the political events in our nation's capital occupying our minds, gardening is perhaps not the central focus of one's thought process this month. Yet, gardening for many is a place to clear one's head and take in some life lessons such as patience, persistence, or the need to control the weeds. One also learns that advance planning saves a lot of work, and often money, on the back end. Even though January in northeastern Minnesota doesn't lend itself to much gardening, there...
