Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted March 16, 2012 by The Farmer
I’ve got a slightly idealized view of farmers and their ability to fix and make do with anything. Books like Little House on the Prairie are slightly to blame, but mostly it is because of farmers I knew growing up. A good handful of my friend’s lived on dairy farms in Northern Wisconsin. Their dads [...]
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1 Comment.Posted March 12, 2012 by The Farmer
I hadn’t intended to just disappear for the winter, but I did and it was nice to take a break. What a mild winter. I didn’t shovel my driveway even once, and my backyard is already snow free. Now that spring is on its way it’s time for me to get back on top of [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer, Projects
1 Comment.Posted September 16, 2011 by The Farmer
Last night was supposed to get down to 30 degrees between midnight and 8 AM. After debating covering plants and crossing my fingers, I decided instead to harvest everything I could. Between a business trip last Wednesday and Saturday, and the sudden need to harvest everything to save it from the freeze, there was a [...]
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1 Comment.Posted July 4, 2011 by The Farmer
A week and a half ago, Caroline came home with two flats of strawberries, very excited that they were $10 for 3 flats ($0.416/lb) at Mike’s discount grocery. I immediately sent her back to the store to buy some more and soon we had 24 more flats, for a total of 26 flats of strawberries. [...]
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5 Comments.Posted June 23, 2011 by The Farmer
After losing half a dozen lures over the course of a couple days, I was inspired to turn my drill press into a lathe so I could make my own fishing lures. After a few missteps I finally had two turned wooden lures with hooks attached. To attach the hooks I drilled holes through the [...]
Posted June 15, 2011 by The Farmer
Crayfish are delicious little crustaceans that look like tiny lobsters. Although they’re not incredibly popular here in Minnesota, they’re common fare elsewhere in the US and around the world. We do have crayfish in Minnesota though, and anyone with a fishing license can trap them. I have good memories of catching and eating crayfish a [...]
Categories: Fridley Farmer, Projects
4 Comments.Posted June 1, 2011 by The Farmer
Last year we had an above ground fire-pile. It was 4 18 inch pavers set next to each other. This year we decided we wanted a bonafide fire pit so that we could have fires without the wind blowing ash around as easily. I started the pit back on May 21 and today I finally [...]
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1 Comment.Posted May 21, 2011 by The Farmer
When you read your seed packets you will often see wording like “Transplant after risk of frost has passed” or “Direct sow after last frost”. Well, it’s probably that time now! May 21st marks the last average frost date each Spring, in the Twin Cities. So go check the forecast and ask yourself if you [...]
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4 Comments.Posted May 19, 2011 by The Farmer
Our Apple trees are doing pretty well. They have a hand full of blossoms each and many more buds. Remember, if you’re planning on Apple trees, get two that blossom at the same time so you can get cross-pollination! If you don’t, you may not get much or any fruit! One of our grape plants [...]
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5 Comments.Posted May 16, 2011 by The Farmer
Last spring we tore down a HUGE slightly rotting, slightly green, very ugly deck from the side of our house. We put in a patio by the back kitchen door, but since we weren’t planning on entertaining 50 people at once, we didn’t patio the whole area. The dirt underneath was unimproved, but we planted [...]
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