My dad used to say that if we could get by without frost during the September full moon, or harvest moon, we could have frost-free weather for another month.
A candidate forum at the Parmly LifePointes Campus in Chisago City last week featured mayoral candidates for Lindstrom and Chisago City (Roger Lindgren absent) and the sheriff candidates, plus the five candidates seeking the Minnesota House and Senate seats.
If Johnny Appleseed could see all of the apples that are so plentiful at this time of the year, he would be proud that once upon a time he started the whole thing.
Some of the Master Gardeners were receiving calls about raising garlic, so last year we invited Carl Rosen from the U of M to speak at one of our classes.