Monthly Archives: June 2011

Ness Farm, A Fire, Chickens & Minnetonka

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Tom

So, as said previously, things do not ever seem to go exactly as planned. I was up at 6 am and off to the Ness farm reasonably early.  The gardens look pretty good, though weeding up due to the rains.  … Continue reading →

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Friday Evening And Saturday

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Tom

Nell came to the office with me on Friday.  Only night this week where I was not stuck in the office until some ungodly hour before being able to leave.  We drove down to Red Wing, snarfed down a dinner … Continue reading →

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Monday, And Suddenly Strawberries!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Tom

The news as to weather has been pretty constant all day:  expect storms, rain, more storms, heavy rain, some rain, maybe some bad storms, for the next 4 days.  I had eaten well over a pound of strawberries out of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Afternoon At The Red Wing Garden

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Tom

It took us a while to get out of the house.  That was ok, because my parents had hosted a wedding at their B&B (roundbarnfarm.com) the day before and those guests were not checking out until around noon, and they … Continue reading →

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Sunday Morning

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Tom

Everything is wet, and growing fast now with the rain and heat.  Today will get to the mid 80’s.  A sticky day. I puttered around the yard early as the sun came up.  Didn’t work too hard, just did some … Continue reading →

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What You Can Do In An Hour

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Tom

Last week I met with some clients who had just finished doing some improvements to their home and had needed to review all of their policies with me.  I noticed that they had a beautiful 15X30 foot raised bed garden … Continue reading →

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Just Yard Tomato Plant Photos

Posted on June 16, 2011 by Tom

We had rain.  A nice one.  Almost two inches over about 20 hours which was the first measurable rain in close to three weeks.  Plants are looking good and I expect the heat and humidity in the next couple of … Continue reading →

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Ness Farm Again & Chickens

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Tom

Claire and I got out to the Ness farm again, earlier today, with a stop at the Maple Plain feed store to get a bag of chicken feed.  This was the day for me to finish the spring planting here, … Continue reading →

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Ness Farm And An Evening At The Minnetonka Garden

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Tom

Claire wanted to work with my today.  The weather promised to not be so hot as to cook her little blonde head so we packed up some tools, seeds, water, a pound of summer sausage, and headed out to the … Continue reading →

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Barnevelders and Australorps and Cochins, Oh My!

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Patti

Chickens are in their new home and very happy so far. They will be even more so once their outside run is complete. The coop was fun to build – more time consuming than expected. But, isn’t everything? Here are … Continue reading →

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