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REALLY EATING: FINDING REAL FOOD IN THE VALLEY How does your garden grow?
I got the first harvest from my garden last night. Yep, it's only one radish, butin my bookit still counts. Looks like a few days before I'll get another, and I have a lot of weeds to take care of so...
Posted on 6/19/13 at 7:44 AM
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF FARGO-MOORHEAD (FMUU) Read With Me
Its nearly summer on the calendar. My toenails are painted, and my longing for lighter reading is coming alive. Before we look forward to all that joy, just in case you missed any of these classic be...
Posted on 6/18/13 at 4:30 AM
PRAIRIE FARE Is It a Fruit or a Vegetable?
My kids have a computer game that keeps them entertained during road trips. One of my kids thinks of an object and then the hand-held computerized game poses a series of yes/no/sometimes questions t...
Posted on 6/14/13 at 2:19 PM
LET'S TALK KIDS Produce much more than fruit and vegetables out of the family garden
Growing a garden can be both fruitful and educational. In the garden, children can learn many things. First, when you start with tilling the land, children gain large motor skills because the tiller ...
Posted on 6/2/13 at 10:45 AM
SLOWINGTHERACINGMIND Split Personality
by Shan Reed Todays reading (Matthew 16-25) is a huge chunk with a lot going on. I didnt get too far into the reading before I frantically started taking notes. As I read and thought about what to blo...
Posted on 5/30/13 at 6:23 AM
North Dakota family bonds, relaxes on annual spring mushroom hunt
ENDERLIN, N.D. - Time slips away in the trees, which block the gusty wind as well as the pressures of the outside world. The only sounds are an occasional bird call and the snapping of fallen branches as Calvin Anderson and Sadie and Jon Rudolph comb the thicket. An excited shout breaks the silence. “I found one!”
By Sherri Richards , May 29, 2013
Growing Together: Keep it real: Artificial flowers on graves a disturbing trend 
Every Memorial Day, I discuss death with my family.
By Don Kinzler , May 24, 2013
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Deep Roots: Fargo Garden Society marks 90 years in community
FARGO - When Linda Bellemare joined the Fargo Garden Society in 1975, some ladies still wore white gloves to its meetings.
It was a society founded by suit-wearing businessmen in 1923. The group’s early iris and peony shows included beauty contests for the Iris Queen and Peony Princess.
By Sherri Richards , May 22, 2013
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Growing Together: Annual race for tomatoes from garden is on
Who among us will have the first ripe tomato? NASCAR competition pales in comparison to neighbor pitted against neighbor for the coveted Tomato Cup.
By Don Kinzler , May 10, 2013
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Growing together: A little logic makes knowing when to plant easier
If William Shakespeare had been a gardener, Hamlet’s line pondering the meaning of life would have been “To plant, or not to plant, that is the question.”
By Don Kinzler , May 03, 2013
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Growing Together: Choose trees, shrubs that fit region’s hardiness rating
FARGO - If you feel weary after the long winter, just think how your trees and shrubs are doing. At least we were able to sit around the fire playing board games and sipping hot cocoa, unlike our bare-twigged friends.
By Don Kinzler , April 26, 2013
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Garden Society to host spring luncheon
FARGO – The Northern Plains Botanic Garden Society will host its 10th annual spring luncheon fundraiser from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 4 at the Fargo Holiday Inn.
By Forum staff reports , April 25, 2013
Growing Together: A little practice, patience are seeds of great gardening
I chuckle how frequently people confess to me that they are killers of plants. They don’t think they have a green thumb.
Just between you and me, I think they’re wrong.
By Don Kinzler , April 12, 2013
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Growing Together: Many find calm, joy when working with plants
Horticulture has a remedy for violence, shootings and political bickering.
And that’s why now is the time to prune your trees and shrubs.
Let me explain.
By Don Kinzler , April 05, 2013
Former prof grows, sells tropical trees
Harwood, N.D. - Trudging through ankle-deep snow with a snug black jacket and red scarf hanging loosely around his neck, Neal Holland doesn’t look well-prepared for a tropical vacation.
But when he opens the door to a shed-like building just behind his home here, the humidity hits him and his glasses fog over with a warm mist.
By Erik Burgess , March 15, 2013
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Hortiscope: Where to go for horticulture info
Readers: With my exit from the Hortiscope column and retirement, I have been asked by many how to get information on horticultural problems.
The answer simply is to contact your local NDSU Extension agent. If the agent is not sufficiently schooled in horticulture to answer your questions, he or she will know where to turn to get the answer.
By Don Kinzler , January 04, 2013
Hortiscope: A look at past letters sent to Hortiscope
Readers: I’ll do a little reminiscing on some articles and inquiries this week. Here is a question posed to Don Kinzler, who started Hortiscope in 1983.
By Don Kinzler , December 21, 2012
Putting down his pen
Hortiscope columnist retires after 27 years
Fargo - North Dakota State University is losing its resident expert in all things horticulture. Ron Smith, the NDSU Extension Service horticulturist for the past 27 years, will retire Dec. 31. Smith started at NDSU as an associate professor in the department of plant sciences in 1985, and since then has racked up quite the list of accomplishments.
By Sam Benshoof , December 14, 2012
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Hortiscope: Plant expert to retire, will not write column
To everything, there is a beginning and an end. The Hortiscope column started in the early 1980s but will end its run at the end of December because that is when I’ll be retiring from the NDSU Extension Service.
By Don Kinzler , December 14, 2012
Hortiscope: Cut your roses back in fall for best results
Q: I have several questions about different plants. I would like to know if I can trim a schefflera plant. I have a nice plant that was given to me for my son’s funeral. The plant sits in my enclosed sunroom by an east window. It is very big, so I’m wondering if I can cut some of it off.
By Don Kinzler , December 07, 2012
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