This weekend we will be experiencing the coldest weather in many years – one TV station said in the past 3 or 4 years, and last night another one said in the last ten years. With this in mind – this weekend will probably include alot of inside activities! Now is the time to start [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
Welcome – Paula Kangas
We are proud to introduce the newest addition to our retail staff – Paula Kangas. Paula hails from Hibbing, Minnesota having grown up on a farm “up north”! She graduated from UW – River Falls with a major in horticulture and a minor in forestry. In her “spare time”, Paula coaches girls basketball and softball [...]
Trees Promote Curb Appeal
Leif is once again writing his weekly articles for the Northfield News. I made a New Year’s Resolution that I will get his weekly articles onto the website each week as they provide lots of information and we always receive comments on them. By adding them to the website – it will enable those that [...]
Cabin Fever
This past weekend we enjoyed the Tulip Festival at the Mall of America. When it’s colder than normal now and the end of January is almost here we are definitely thinking about spring. The colors and displays of tulips were amazing. With over 20,000 tulips, around every turn in the Amusement Park, there was another [...]
Landscaping for Winter Interest
This morning while I was driving out of the woods – I had to stop along the driveway since the sun was shining over the meadow. The sunlight was directly hitting our “winter interest” of the landscape. Shown here is Karl Forester Feather Reed Ornamental Grass, with several varieties of dogwood including Cardinal Red Osier, [...]





