City of White Bear Lake creates an interactive map tracks area gardens. Take a walk around White Bear Lake, and it won’t take long to realize the...
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Small Scale Homesteading
Michelle Bruhn is no stranger to this community and these pages. From her half-acre backyard in White Bear Lake, Bruhn has worked to build...
Best of Summer Gardens
It’s mid-summer in Minnesota, and that means two things: 1. Produce farms and home gardens are ready to drop an abundance of fresh produce; and 2....
How to Care for Your Garden When You’re Away
When that final patch of snow melts on the north side of the house and brightly patterned pansy planters arrive at the supermarket, you know spring...
Oneka Elementary Teaches Children About Gardening
Elementary students cultivate lessons of community. There are few things more heartwarming than watching a child engage with nature. And, at schools...
Home Grown
“… we all need to get outside and dig in the dirt a little more.” “If you had told me 10 years ago that I would become a chicken lady with a...
Green Acres
A quick guide to cabin-friendly plants and shrubs. Cabin owners know the drill. Head up (or over) to the lake in springtime for opening, plant the...
A Taste of Spring
Herbaceous perennials offer early-season bounty. Spring is finally here! There’s nothing quite like seeing those first furls of green making their...
Digging In
White Bear Lake local Michelle Bruhn shares her gardening expertise and local food journey on her Forks in the Dirt blog. Growing up, Michelle Bruhn...
Eat Your Greens
Let’s get growing early this year for fresh springtime salads. Growing salad greens in a container is an easy and fast way to jumpstart your...
4 Tips for Keeping Your Houseplants Healthy
Caring for houseplants is easier than you think. Houseplants can have benefits beyond their beauty. Plants increase oxygen in the air, work as...
