Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

If I was a better person, I would've written this post about a year ago. But when a copy of "Minnesota's Bounty: The Farmers Market Cookbook" by Beth Dooley landed on my desk last spring (as in 2013), it quickly got buried. (Through no fault of its own, I was 8 months pregnant, chasing after a 17-month-old toddler and preparing for maternity leave—I'm still catching up from the last year...) Read more about Farm food

Yes, we're stuck in a polar vortex (does anyone else feel like that's a term that belongs in a comic book?), but I'm pretty certain that's not stopping my fellow gardeners from dreaming of digging in the dirt. If you've been perusing seed catalogs or sketching up raised bed designs or debating on when you should start your seedlings indoors, I'd love to hear from you. Read more about Garden Fever

Has post-holiday cabin fever set in yet? In December, I was overscheduled, and in January, I purposely under-scheduled. It was a few weeks of bliss, but now I'm getting antsy. We're still a few weeks away from the February Festival in Chanhassen, and the temperature is forecasted to plummet yet again, so I'm hoping to get out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum to chase away the winter blues. Read more about Free Arboretum Admission

Happy Halloween! I took my little bears to the Minnesota Landscape ArBOOretum this morning, and we trick-or-treated for apples in the gift shop and a cookie from the restaurant. Gate admission is free for those in costume, and the gardens look deliciously spooky on this foggy, overcast day. The little brown bear pictured above was especially transfixed by all of the pumpkins on display. Read more about ArBOOretum