Yesterday afternoon, we received several calls at home from people who had gone by a severe auto accident on Hwy 3, south of Northfield. Details we received from the State Patrol were a little sketchy as yet, but apparently one vehicle blew a tire, and this created an accident where a mini-van went into the [...]
We had our little grandsons on Saturday and what fun we had! Grandpa decided to show them where we get the firewood from. We put the truck in 4 wheel drive, and off into the woods we went. We downed a hickory tree, cut it up and split it all out in the woods while [...]
Last weekend, we were invited for the weekend up to Mike and Marie Hero’s home in Grand Marais to enjoy some of the winter snow – since the North Shore has over 3 feet of the white stuff! We journeyed up the Gunflint Trail to Bearskin Lodge where they have miles and miles of exceptional [...]
On Saturday, we will be participating the the 2nd Annual Lonsdale Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. They will hold this great event at the Lonsdale American Legion Club which is located on North Main Street in Lonsdale. They will have businesses of all types featured with booths and displays all over within the American Legion. [...]
I’m sure everybody has heard the tale of the shoemaker’s children having no shoes. Well, this same theory is true of the nurseryman’s trees. They get neglected as well. We have a small orchard of apple trees at home with 37 trees currently. We have lost some and replaced them with smaller ones and in [...]
In our meadow at home, we have a small pond. This pond is not spring fed, so in dry summers it will almost disappear. In the spring we will have a family of ducks who move on somewhere as soon as the little ones appear on the scene and that is about it. Yesterday when [...]
This business is insanely busy during the growing season. However, one of our passions is canoeing in the Boundary Waters! We’ll work for 60-70 days straight with no days off, and then head up north for 5 or 6 days of canoeing. We go into the wilderness as far as we can for the length [...]
We have received many inquiries already for spring and summer work. We are fortunate to be able to offer employment to a Dakota Vo-Tech student. Share this:ShareFacebookEmail
Leif and I are often asked what we do “all winter” when we’re closed. We actually continue to work 40 hour weeks all winter long with the different tasks it takes to run the many different operations of our business. Today, was spent pretty much on advertising. Newspaper ad layouts, meeting with our graphic designer, [...]
