Fishing is a perfect outdoors activity for all ages and skill levels, and the Land of 10,000 Lakes is an angler’s paradise. Reel in your catches, and make identifying those fish a snap. Now in its second edition, the popular Fish of Minnesota field guide by Dave Bosanko...
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Stan Tekiela shares with us the amazing world of Hooded Mergansers. Read on to discover their world through his lens. The spring bird migration is like a high-speed race or sprint when compared to the fall migration. Birds returning to the northlands are racing against...
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Julia Rutland, author of On A Stick Cookbook: 50 Simple, Fun Recipes for the Campfire, gets us ready for the upcoming campfire season. S’mores anyone? Campfire cooking purists use a slender branch to hold food over hot coals. This old-school method is charming and creates a fun...
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Some weather phenomena only occur during storms or severe weather events. Lightning and tornadoes are obvious examples, but flash floods, blizzards, and heat waves can also pose dangers to both people and property. Today, Ryan Henning, the author of the Field Guide to the Weather,...
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Blueberries: 50 Tried & True Recipes is a cookbook by Julia Rutland, featuring recipes to please any fruit lover. Abundant and delicious, blueberries are as beneficial as they are juicy. This summer, try out these refreshing blueberry-based drinks. Blueberry-Lemonade Sangria This fun, summery adult beverage takes a shortcut with...
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A region unlike any other, the North Shore of Minnesota encompasses some of the most breathtaking, beautiful sights in the entire Midwest. David Barthel, author of North Shore Duluth: A Photo Tour of Northeastern Minnesota, shares with us some fascinating facts about the North Shore and...
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Corrine Kozlak, the author of our cookbook Rhubarb: 50 Tried & True Recipes, loves rhubarb. Every year Corrine visits several rhubarb festivals, such as the Annual Rhubarb Festival in Lanesboro, Minnesota, and the Aledo Rhubarb Festival in Illinois. At a past Lanesboro Rhubarb Festival her friends...
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Orchids are prized wildflowers and highly specialized plants. According to fossil evidence, orchids have been thriving on the planet for more than 100 million years! Today, the orchid family is one of the largest groups of flowering plants in the world, with almost 30,000 species....
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Julia Rutland, author of Blueberries: 50 Tried & True Recipes, shares with us her Blueberry-Orange Bread recipe. Blueberries are notable for being a healthy “superfood.” There are only 80 calories per cup, and blueberries contain practically no fat. They make a good source of fiber...
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There are several oyster mushroom species, but they all look the same and all are edible. One of the identifying characteristics of oyster mushrooms is the lack of stems or stalks. Some may have a short or stubby stalk, but most are stalkless. The common and...
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