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The wild plum bloom was about as spectacular as I can remember. The trees and bushes where loaded down with bloom, and the fragrance was heavy in the air. The unfortunate part is the few days the bloom lasts before it fades away. I was checking out a wild...
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The dandelion bloom seemed to be extra bountiful this spring. Being about two weeks behind the typical bloom time of early May, however the bees didn’t mind. Dandelions provide an important honey/pollen source for honey bees and wild pollinators for...
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74219 258th St. Dassel, MN MLS# 4470310 Priced at $449,900***37.5 Acres***700+ feet lake frontage I was very excited when the owners of this wonderful hobby farm selected me to help them find the new owners, and to start the next chapter in the hist...
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Now that the weather is starting to settle down, it is a perfect time to take a walk in the woods and look for wildflowers. One of the first wildflowers that blooms in the spring is Bloodroot. It is found in most woodlots and tolerates a wide variety of g...
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Posted on April 28, 2014 - 03:27 PM
by Jim Peterson
The queen cells that were placed in the hives on March 30th were checked to determine the acceptance and mating success. The queen mating nucs we used were to produce mated queens to be used for "make-back" of the failed queens. The queen cells ...
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Posted on April 16, 2014 - 07:15 PM
by Jim Peterson
7 1/2 ' inches of fresh snow for April 16th, 2014 in Montrose at our office. Seems like a repeat of 2013 where we kept getting snow uptil May. The positive side of this, it should kick the maple sap flow into high gear, the wild weather patterns reall...
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Posted on April 16, 2014 - 11:30 AM
by Tom Peterson
If you have limited space for gardening, it pays to think about what fruits or vegetables will give the most "bang for the buck". Pictured is a one picking of raspberries from the patch in my backyard. The row is about 18 inches wide by 30 feet ...
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Posted on April 12, 2014 - 10:34 AM
by Jim Peterson
Here is a photo where a queen cell, which is just a day away from hatching, being installed into a queen mating nuc. The mating nuc, which is basically a mini hive, is used for raising a new or mated queen. The virgin queen when she hatches will go for a ...
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Posted on April 10, 2014 - 07:31 PM
by Tom Peterson
This summer, try planting some milkweed on the edges of your garden. Transplanting young plants will be the easiest way to establish these butterfly friendly flowers. Plants can be found in roadside ditches and pastures. I remember when my kids were young...
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Posted on April 7, 2014 - 06:44 PM
by Jim Peterson
Maple sap just started to run after this past snow storm we had last week. The sudden warm up is quickly bringing an end to the silver maple flow. The silver maples are just ready to bud-out, which means it’s time to pull the taps. The sap of the tr...
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