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Sponsor a Tree – Strengthen our Community
We would like to extend the opportunity for you, your child’s class, your service club, your church group, your softball/bowling team, your carpool, your neighbors…. to join us in sponsoring tree...
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Garden Bed Preparation
Patience pays big dividends when doing tillage of the soil to prepare for spring planting. Whether you do your tillage with a 4 tined hand cultivator, a garden fork, a shovel, a roto tiller, or a...
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String Trimmers and Trees – Not a Good Idea
As spring rains have caused rapid growth of lawns and the need for frequent mowings, I have once again seen fresh examples of severe damage to landscape trees. Careless use of string trimmers is the...
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A New Forest
Last week, I had the pleasure of a pleasant walk through a forest area which had been almost completely clear cut by loggers about 80-90 years ago. Because of great foresight by people...
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Feel the Rhythm, Feed the Soul
Our lives are woven of rhythmic threads of many kinds. With some of the rhythms of life, we are keenly aware of the dynamics involved, and others often go unrecognized as the demands of daily life...
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The Pulse Quickens
March always brings me to a sense of eager anticipation. Snow piles ever deeper as one of the winter’s last storms makes its way through the heartland. A frigid wind builds drifts higher and higher....
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A Pleasant Antidote
March 20, 2013, Northfield, MN. My weatherguide calendar indicates that today is the first day of spring in the northern hemisphere. A look outside my window reveals a thermometer reading 5 degrees...
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Night Shadows Speaking Softly
Throughout human history nightfall has been a time of mixed feelings. While we experience relief as we lie down to rest from our labors, apprehension lurks and the creatures of the night begin to move...
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The Reluctant Miracle
Sunday, April 7th. Seventeen days have passed since my calendar noted the beginning of spring, and most of the people I meet are wondering if winter will ever end. Some say it will be a miracle if...
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The Awakening
It’s happening. The awakening has begun. Anticipation has been building since the oak trees started dropping acorns last September. For some fifteen years I have collected acorns from the mighty...
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