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Margaret Hochla
El Reno, Oklahoma
I have been married for 27 years to Victor and have 4 children. The two girls and two boys range in age from 25-10 years. We are pleased to still have one grandparent from each side of the family ... More about Margaret
Sareen Dunleavy-Keenan
Minneapolis, Minnesota
I live in Minneapolis, in 1.5 story craftsman bungalow with beautiful woodwork, but a tiny lot. Sharing this space is my husband Brendan, 'baby' (5/07) and 'new baby' who is expected to join the fold in August. More about Sareen
Gina Keenan-Klages
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
My name is Gina, and my husband's name is Patrick. We have three children, ranging in ages from 1 to 5 years. Our household also includes my mother, who is living with us from September to May. More about Gina
Donna McClurkan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Early January may seem an inauspicious time to begin an "eat local" project in Southwest Michigan. As if to underscore that point, nearly a foot of snow fell in Kalamazoo on January 3. More about Donna
Cher Stuewe-Portnoff
St Louis, Missouri
My first father-in-law taught me to garden in the mid-1960s. Over the next few years, with a family of five to feed, I read everything I could find about nutrition ... More about Cher
Vera Schabicki
Ashland, Mississippi
Four years ago my five children, one husband, two dogs, one cat and I moved to the rural South from a large northern California city. We went from .12 acres to a rambling 57 acres. More about Vera
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Snow in mid-April? You betcha!
Posted at 7:34 AM on April 12, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan
Of course this was the weekend set aside for us to clean out the gardens and dust the mulch off of the plants that are starting to poke out.
My early flowers are poking through. Daffodils, tulips, lilies, irises and crocuses are all poking their adventurous leaves through the soil. I can see life in my strawberries and possibly some earth moving over the rhubarb. That was all a good idea last week when it was in the 50's and even hit 60! That's warm for us up here, dontcha know. (use your best MN accent for that!)
Now, with a winter storm warning and ice covering the poor leaves of the brave plants that were fooled into joining us, spring seems further away. Not to mention I keep forgetting that spring doesn't automatically mean our veggie problems are over. I will have to actually wait for these plants to grow before they will feed the family. I don't know which I will become more impatient for, baby #2 or fresh tomatoes.
The race is on!