I've lived in Minnesota my whole life, and I really don't like to complain about winter — I usually try to stoically accept it. But I am so, so done with winter this year. Maybe it's the polar vortex, maybe it's the fact that I'm not just dressing myself for the elements, but I'm also responsible for a two-year-old and six-month-old, which makes even the simplest errand feel like an epic quest. Whatever it is, I am DONE.
The only problem: It doesn't matter how "done" I am, the weather is gonna do, what it's gonna do (i.e snowing me into my house today). So I will continue dreaming of gardens (this has been going on for several weeks now).
Today's garden dream is all about Garden Fever, the Carver-Scott Master Gardeners' 16th annual horticulture education day. The event, which is scheduled from 8 a.m.–3 p.m. March 8 at the Oak Ridge Hotel and Conference Center in Chaska, sounds fabulous. The day includes presentations from keynote speakers, Emily Tepe, a University of Minnesota horticulturalist who wrote The Edible Landscape, and Doug Mensing, a senior ecologist with Applied Ecological Services.
In addition to the keynote speakers, there will also be a variety of educational sessions covering topics like bees in the garden, garden art and sustainable lawn care practices. There will also be a vendor exhibits, a buffet lunch, door prizes and a silent auction. Register before February 28 for $40. Registration is $45 after February 28. Click here to register online. Go ahead, do it; it'll help remind us all that winter has to end... eventually.
