The gardening world has a tried-and-true formula for the perfect window box: a thriller, a filler and a spiller. You simply can’t go wrong with a tall red geranium amid a tranquil bed of white impatiens and cascading vines of ivy. But maybe you’re an experienced window box gardener ...
BISMARCK – Registrations are being taken for the 2021 Menoken Farm garden and field tours/gardening educational sessions scheduled for June 22. The events will be held at Menoken Farm, Burleigh County Soil Conservation District’s conservation demonstration site east of Bismarck. This annual event features two events. People can sign up for one or both. The “Walk of Life” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. This event features a walking tour of the Menoken farm gardens and a trailer ride to the fields to learn more about cover crops, soil health and rotational grazing. Presenters ...
Volunteers with the Minot Pollinator Project were planting gardens Sunday with the aim of both boosting the local ecosystem and enhancing the beauty of vacant flood acquisition properties. Two gardens were planted Sunday in southwest Minot and a third is planned in northeast Minot under a ...
The choices we make, make us. For example, taking time to do something as simple as a neighborhood stroll has great benefits. Relaxation is certainly one that comes with a leisure walk in our locality. Enjoying the beauty that is within your neighborhood is inspiring. It is the two for one ...
Do you like tomatoes? Of course, you do! It’s the favorite vegetable grown by gardeners. Thousands of gardeners in North Dakota will go to their garden centers during the next two weeks to buy their tomato plants for this summer. Lots of varieties are available. Look for varieties that ...
You already know that I enjoy cooking-right? I have another passion in life and that is making people laugh. I inherited this from my Dad; he was a natural at it and his customers appreciated his sense of humor. Making people laugh brings forth the great joy of seeing giggling faces. A quick one-liner can express that you care, and laughter is a mood lifter. The pandemic has shined a shrewd light upon us for over a year. I have observed some small personal break-throughs which occur when people share a moment of laughter. Instantly that cloud of darkness shifts away and the insightful ...
