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Soil Health, Part Three

Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, also operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry operation near...

Soil Health, Part Two

Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, with his wife, Audra, operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry...

Soil Health, Part One

Jim Chamberlin, Happy Dancing Turtle’s Conservation Technician, also operates a 109-acre diversified farm and forestry operation near...

Intro to Seed Saving

If you’re a beginning gardener, like me, the amount to learn may seem overwhelming. I had to figure out when to plant, where to plant,...

The Garden Files: Recipes for the Abundance of the Season

To me, this is the time of year Minnesota really shines–I call it High Produce Season. Whether you are in our Northern Lakes region (Pine...

The Garden Files: Cover Crops, Who’s Bugging the Potatoes, Garlic Success, Berries, and Herbs

It’s August! This time of year, many gardens are a feast for the eyes with the many, many shades of green and colored pops of fruit and...

Plastic Free July Scorecard: Kind of Ugly

Quick! How many single-use plastic bottles are bought around the world EVERY MINUTE? One million. How has Plastic Free July been going...

Rs for Resilient Living: Refuse

It is not news that we consume a horrific amount of plastic. As author Susan Freinkel (Plastic: A Toxic Love Story) famously shows on her...

Foraging Finds: Dubious Food

Damon Billington is an intern with Hunt Utilities Group for agrivoltaics and agrobotics. We are glad to feature some of his other work in...

How to Handle an Abundance of Late Spring Produce

When you are awash in asparagus or face a wide span of spinach, you may wonder: are there creative ways to preserve them for later use?...