tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15028816891465758632024-03-13T19:35:58.208-05:00To the Prairie and Beyond!Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-10352808935367589302020-09-07T16:35:00.005-05:002020-09-07T16:39:30.069-05:00Salsa in Progress!<p>With a potential frost looming, we figured it was time to get canning.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3prtYtTj9AX2yW9yi4CNRZiDrL5PSJ-Ciz2TGp5XkbH2vF5qxTyz0mHgdOludHhMdkJ5wXJ_HSG45j6Sv-IwQqsUGpc_Oce247SdZpCrRbuUrS43oec5iQrAmmhKZXuQb-BPB1GHx6H1/s5152/2020_09_05_01_TomatoesPeppers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3864" data-original-width="5152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3prtYtTj9AX2yW9yi4CNRZiDrL5PSJ-Ciz2TGp5XkbH2vF5qxTyz0mHgdOludHhMdkJ5wXJ_HSG45j6Sv-IwQqsUGpc_Oce247SdZpCrRbuUrS43oec5iQrAmmhKZXuQb-BPB1GHx6H1/s320/2020_09_05_01_TomatoesPeppers.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Also, our attempt at <a href="https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/recipes/view.cfm?id=223" target="_blank">German Easter Sweet Bread</a> was a photogenic and gastronomic success:</div>
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-90588605084238626852019-04-15T22:50:00.001-05:002019-04-15T22:50:52.782-05:00Planting DayAccording to <i>Gardening in the Dakotas</i>, April 15th is planting day for beets, carrots, radishes, and onion sets.<br />
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We're going to be a few days behind this year.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-76337515420741640632019-03-05T00:34:00.000-06:002019-03-05T00:34:07.321-06:00A Snowy FebruarySnow rainbow!
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-37752742343335713032019-01-28T14:37:00.000-06:002019-01-28T14:37:15.782-06:00A Winter WonderlandAfter a mid-January frost, the weather station reported absolute calm:
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-87110047639035762492019-01-28T14:33:00.000-06:002019-01-28T14:33:24.821-06:00Knobby Moppe for Coffee and CraftsIKEA's <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40216357/" target="_blank">MOPPE Mini Storage Chest</a>, stained and with knobs, a great storage item for Keurig K-cups and craft items:<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-28528228084595106302018-10-15T21:02:00.000-05:002018-10-15T21:02:04.591-05:00Columbus Day Festivities: Garden Pumpkins and Burgers!Ahead of our first snowstorm (for the 19th Day of Autumn), it was finally time to bring in the pumpkins:<div>
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And then, to commemorate Columbus Day, we couldn't decide on Italian, Spanish, Latin American, or North American food, so we Columbus Burgers (hamburger with mozzarella and Italian salsa fresca):</div>
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-18513550438121442342018-09-11T22:14:00.000-05:002018-09-11T22:14:09.280-05:00A Sampling of Garden ProduceMelon, basil, sugar snap peas, strawberries, chives, banana peppers, red onions, and <a href="https://parade.com/232768/linzlowe/what-the-heck-is-a-chioggia-beet/" target="_blank">Chioggia beets</a>!<br />
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We have also started harvesting a good crop of tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, and eggplant with a number of ominously large pumpkins ripening beneath the leaves.<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-31108963119409253302018-08-07T12:26:00.001-05:002018-08-07T12:26:09.376-05:00A Mudroom KnaggligOur latest project: a shoe and boot cart for a tough corner of the mudroom. It is based on two <a href="https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70292359/" target="_blank">IKEA Knagglig boxes</a>, plus some wood stain and spare casters:<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-73550983949623821882018-04-15T11:18:00.000-05:002018-04-23T11:23:06.780-05:00Not Quite Planting SeasonAccording to Gardening in the Dakotas, April 15th is a possible planting date for onions, beets, carrots, kohlrabi, and peas. That schedule didn't work out so well this year:<br />
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Luckily, our new trees haven't arrived, but some lilac buds were visible from above:<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-3652252819338402152018-04-04T17:41:00.000-05:002018-04-04T17:41:08.638-05:00Easter TuesdayAlthough we did not have a White Easter, we did have a White Easter Tuesday:<br />
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And <a href="https://www.mitchellrepublic.com/news/weather/4427214-areas-sd-see-record-low-temps-another-snow-system-en-route">The Mitchell Republic</a> reminds us just how long Winter is:<br />
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-85266769868384939912018-03-21T09:30:00.000-05:002018-03-21T09:30:24.370-05:00Most "Most Livable Cities" Speak German<div class="tr_bq">
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That's seven out of ten in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.<br />
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-87648008071427920032018-03-20T23:19:00.000-05:002018-03-20T23:19:09.695-05:00The First Day of SpringThe first day of Spring, March 20, 2018:<br />
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A few from two weeks earlier illustrate our love of snow drifts:<br />
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-34865056859093652712018-02-13T17:07:00.000-06:002018-02-13T17:07:23.408-06:00January, Compare and ContrastA garden in California, January 17th:<br />
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A garden in South Dakota, January 21st:<br />
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Out for a walk in California, January 17th:<br />
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-37361507632728729992018-02-13T17:01:00.001-06:002018-02-13T17:01:17.580-06:00Linzer Cookies!From January 2, 2018, the 9th Day of Christmas!<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-61889105657616656592017-11-23T22:03:00.002-06:002017-11-23T22:03:54.389-06:00Wait for the PieA short excerpt from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Farmer Boy includes a delicious reminder about Thanksgiving priorities:<br />
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Almanzo simply ate. He ate ham and chicken and turkey, and dressing and cranberry jelly; he ate potatoes and gravy, succotash, baked beans and boiled beans and onions, and white bread and rye ’n’ injun bread, and sweet pickles and jam and preserves. Then he drew a long breath, and he ate pie.</blockquote>
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When he began to eat pie, he wished he had eaten nothing else. He ate a piece of pumpkin pie and a piece of custard pie, and he ate almost a piece of vinegar pie. He tried a piece of mince pie, but could not finish it. He just couldn’t do it. There were berry pies and cream pies and vinegar pies and raisin pies, but he could not eat any more.</blockquote>
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Source: "<a href="https://www.thehairpin.com/2013/07/every-meal-almanzo-eats-in-laura-ingalls-wilders-farmer-boy/">Every Meal Almanzo Eats in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Farmer Boy</a>"Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-17162931161000658782017-11-06T20:26:00.000-06:002017-11-06T20:26:05.803-06:00Six Weeks Until Winter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-17162122494839647942017-10-30T12:41:00.000-05:002017-10-30T12:42:11.525-05:00Carrots!The garden carrots, with a few giant radishes thrown in:
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-47095221653019621352017-10-10T13:20:00.000-05:002017-10-10T13:20:17.162-05:00Jack Frost's First Visit of the SeasonWith temperatures in the high 20s last night, it is the end of the season for tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins:<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-71113182064565369122017-09-20T22:23:00.001-05:002017-09-20T22:23:17.418-05:00Sunflowers & ButterfliesThis year's sunflowers were a great success and helped bring in the occasional cloud of butterflies.<br />
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-74309291498762927182017-09-19T15:41:00.001-05:002017-09-20T22:23:37.631-05:00A Basket of PlentyFrom our first tomato and pepper harvest, with a few cucumbers thrown in as well:<br />
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And radish pods, the treat left over when you let radishes go to seed:<br />
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Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502881689146575863.post-38472847769408793632017-09-07T12:40:00.001-05:002017-09-07T12:40:34.241-05:00State Fair Straw Poll for 2018 House and Governor Primaries<div class="tr_bq">
<a href="http://kelo.com/news/articles/2017/sep/05/gop-straw-poll-winners-jackley-and-johnson/">KELO reports</a>:</div>
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If [straw] could vote, Marty Jackley would be the Republican nominee for governor and Dusty Johnson would be the GOP nominee for the U.S. House.<br />
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The state Republican Party held a "staw poll" during the run of the State Fair at their booth.</blockquote>
Marty Jackley won with 58%, Dusty Johnson with 54%. <a href="http://kelo.com/news/articles/2017/sep/05/gop-straw-poll-winners-jackley-and-johnson/">Click here</a> for the full results.<br />
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The <a href="https://sdsos.gov/elections-voting/upcoming-elections/general-information/2018-election-information.aspx">primary election</a> will be June 5, 2018.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08082165211136849273noreply@blogger.com0