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The GREAT George Leonard Herter
In my posts and articles, I frequently reference George L. Herter, and I always refer to him as "The Great". Only a few people, even in our august and multifarious group have ever heard of him. So, I figured I'd do a brief and informative tribute. George Herter owned and operated his family business, Herter's Waseca.…
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Supporting Local Organic Farmers is also important!
Hi Grow Community, Today is July fourth and our local organic farmer dropped off a shipment of food with some beautiful sunflowers as a gift of appreciation for our support of their efforts. While I would love to have the time and space to grow all my own, supporting local hard working organic farms who make a living from…
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Happy Independence Day!
Wishing all of our American members a happy and safe 4th of July! I hope you eat well, spend the day with people you love and continue to move toward independence (including food and financial security) in your own lives. Live your dream!
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Synchronicity and medicinal plants
I have always appreciated the synchronicity of how plants show up in our world of healing right when we need them. The other night I laid in bed wondering if there was an herbal application that would heal the symptoms of Covid if contracted so I posed the question and then I went to sleep for the night. When I awoke the…
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Garden talk!!
I enjoy gardening. It gives me a wonderful feeling! Growing flowers, plants and vegetables I feel great about it! Something I recently realized was I get a simular feeling when talking to others about gardening. I visited a neighbor several evenings ago and we chatted about her garden, she gave me a tour! It was lovely! We…
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Does your homestead/ farm/house have a name?
We were in the unusual position, having purchased our place 3 yrs ago and it not being named. Most other properties, homesteads, farms have names. Most places, regardless of who owns them, keeps the name of the place. Legend would have it, that to change the name brings bad luck! So it took us a while but we came up with…
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Free Independence Day graphic for You
Hey everyone, I wanted to share this Independence Day graphic that I made in Canva with you. You can save it, print it, and use it for your own projects. Have a safe and happy 4th of July!
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The Sad Side of Loving Plants
Sometimes it's hard to say "Goodbye" to loved ones. Make sure to say "Thank you" first. A couple of years ago we were having trouble with our water system. We are on a well. It wasn't the pump, it was in the line. Looking from the house to the well to discern the problem, my heart skipped a beat. It actually skipped…
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Learning My Neighborhood Birds
Ever since I moved in my new apartment on June 10th, Ive been annoyed by a bird that I can hear through the closed windows. It starts about dusk, and I can hear it well past dark. Well, I finally saw a pair flying erratically around at dusk, and noticed the light colored bars on the underside of the wings, which gave me a…
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Wild Weather Stories
We are awestruck watching stories & pictures from a major storm that hit a large area of our province Sunday night. It came complete with a tornado. Lots of green in those pictures! It is good that nobody was hurt. Some places had 12" of rain. There were high amounts for the most part. We were lucky we had only 4 1/2". At…
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not just covid
i have been having a bad year regarding posting. at first i had some health issues then lost a fave cat in tragic circumstances. I had just got back on board and this stupid virus hit. Along with many days of acute anxiey due to my COP and just being prone to viruses my whole life, i got stalled again. So i looked up stuff…
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Happy Canada Day!
I figured that this fits current events. Happy Canada Day to all our Canadian members!
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Bartering
Hello, everyone! We are living in some crazy, amazing times. This is best way I can describe the times that we are living in. With much talk about shortages and many prepping. Do you believe that we will eventually turn to bartering for those items that we could normally just go to the store and buy? Also what items do you…
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The earth breathes....
"The earth breathes out during the day and breathes in at night" One of my teachers uses this quote and I think it is a really lovely image. It also helps to understand why picking salad leaves at sunrise is best. Breathing out during the day, more evaporation takes place. Picked at sunrise salad leaves will remain fresh…
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Just for fun...
I am about 3 away from my 1,000th post! In the immortal words of Minnie Pearl "Somebody say howdy to me!" Say something nice... or not... actually, I love a good humorous insult (where I come from, picking on people is a show of respect and fondness, if done in the right spirit)... so, bonus points to anyone who replies to…
