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Janet Emmis, right, holds a breadfruit after unpacking a shipment recently acquired from the Twin Cities. The breadfruit will be served as part of a community potluck Saturday to celebrate spring and announce plans by the Anach Cooperative for a community garden. Also pictured are Noah Ryan, left, and A.S. John. Tribune photo by Tom Cherveny

Micronesian community in Milan, Minn., setting its sights on shared garden

MILAN — If they could, half the residents of Milan would be growing tropical foods like taro, pandanus, breadfruit, or bananas and coconuts. These are the foods they grew up...

news / state Wed, Mar 20, 2013 - 11:32pm

A covered bridge that sits atop the Middle Fork Crow River will be featured on tonight’s episode of “Prairie Yard & Garden” on Pioneer Public Television. The old bridge has been restored by Ken and Kay Johnson of rural New London, and they use it on a daily basis for a getaway spot, as well as hosting public events on the bridge. (Submitted photo)

Restored bridge in New London, Minn., to be featured on gardening program

NEW LONDON — Tucked away on their farm in rural New London, right down the hill from their quaint, log cabin home, Ken and Kay Johnson possess their own little...

entertainment / showcase Thu, Feb 07, 2013 - 9:50am

Nellie Laidlaw, 9, measures the weight of a beet she picked. Tribune photo by Ashley White

ACGC fourth-graders take active part in their school lunches

GROVE CITY -- On Friday morning, 48 Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City fourth-graders braved the cold and a few raindrops to harvest vegetables from the school district's garden. In addition to lessons in...

news / local Sat, Sep 22, 2012 - 12:00am

Letters from Home blog: Removing the weeds in our own lives

life / letters Thu, May 03, 2012 - 9:09am

Inside Scoop blog: Going viral like Marilyn Hagerty

life Wed, Mar 14, 2012 - 11:38am

Middle Fork watershed to host rain garden workshop

SPICER -- The Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District (MFCRWD) will be hosting a rain garden workshop from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Prairie Woods Environmental Learning...

outdoors Sat, Oct 29, 2011 - 12:00am

Ryan Haines, 15, an Eagle Scout from Willmar Pack 432 finishes up work on his Eagle Scout project of building three raised gardens for the community garden near the Willmar Community Center on Saturday. Haines began work on his project in May and has worked on it through the summer with help from 15 collaborators. The gardens will be of benefit to elderly and disabled clients at the community garden.

Raised Gardens built at Willmar Community Garden

Ryan Haines, 15, an Eagle Scout from Willmar Pack 432 finishes up work on his Eagle Scout project of building three raised gardens for the community garden near the Willmar...

community Mon, Sep 05, 2011 - 4:07pm

Mary Seifert of Willmar harvests some of the ripe tomatoes from her garden plot Friday at the community garden located along High Avenue behind the Willmar Community Center. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

news / local / community Sat, Aug 27, 2011 - 12:00am

Roger and Jo Holm's upside-down pine tree has been planted with celosia and a trailing sedum with hostas and impatiens at the base. (Tribune photo by Rand Middleton)

13th annual garden tour Tuesday in Kandiyohi County, Minn.

The Kandiyohi County Horticulture Society's 13th annual free garden tour is set for 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in the Atwater area. Jo and Roger Holm, KCHS members from Atwater,...

extra / local Sat, Jul 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Jack Tatge, left, of Willmar and Stanley Brosch of St. Paul work Friday morning in the Hope Garden on Darlene Bratberg's farm north of Spicer. The garden supplies food for the Hope Care Pantry, the Harvest Church Care Pantry and the food shelves in New London and Willmar. Last year's garden provided more than 100 bushels of tomatoes and cucumbers, 300 bushels of sweet corn, 6 tons of potatoes, as well as dozens of other fresh garden vegetables to people in need. Volunteer gardeners work in the garden eve...

news / local Sat, Jul 23, 2011 - 12:00am

Olivia couple to offer produce through community sponsored ag

WILLMAR -- Ken and Cathy Balderston of rural Olivia are seeking customers in the city of Willmar who are interested in buying produce from their community-sponsored agriculture garden, also known...

business Tue, Apr 26, 2011 - 12:00am

Patrick Walter, left, and Mike Bjork of Fireside Hearth and Home in Willmar set up an archway Friday as part of the company's display of merchandise for the Home Show. The West Central Builders Association Home Show will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Willmar Civic Center. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)

Home Show today and Sunday in Willmar

news / local Sat, Mar 26, 2011 - 12:00am

Candace Hall, a certified herbalist, on?Wednesday displays one of the products from her organic and natural skin therapy line as she holds her son, Caden, at their Granite Falls home. Hall makes her own products and markets them at Willmar's Becker Market, Farmers Market and at Potpourri. Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Granite Falls woman produces healthy and natural skin therapy products for a variety of conditions

GRANITE FALLS -- If you have acne, eczema, rosacea or other skin problems, certified herbalist Candace Hall may have a solution for you. Hall uses herbs -- some grown in...

business Tue, Oct 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Tyler Johnson, left, and Kolt Soine secure one of the five butterfly houses that are being installed in a butterfly garden that was created this summer by ACGC students. The garden will serve as an outdoor classroom at the Junior-Senior High School in Grove City. Tribune photo by Carolyn Lange

ACGC students are building a butterfly garden

GROVE CITY -- Operating on the cinematic theory that if you build it they will come, students and staff at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City School District have spent the summer making a...

news / local Tue, Jul 20, 2010 - 12:00am

Heather Steinborn of Willmar pulls weeds Monday from her plot at the community garden on Willmar Avenue Southeast. The garden is located on about a quarter of an acre of land east of Bremer Bank and offers local gardeners the chance to grow on plots that are about 10 feet long and 4 feet wide, according to archives.
Tribune photo by Ron Adams

Weeding her plot

news / local / community Tue, Jun 29, 2010 - 12:00am

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