Thursday, April 23, 2015

Minnesota monarch group is out to "Save Our Monarchs"

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/> Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : Yet another group of fine people are worried to death about the dwindling fate of the mona...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Photo of the Day: Blissful garden produce

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Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : Here is a random sampling from my garden produce last year: Spaghetti squash, blue potato, whi...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Solar power + bees + butterflies = A good idea

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Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : Bees and butterflies have never been more endangered -- and their dire situation is tied to our...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Blue French Fries -- You'll Never Find These At McDonalds

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Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : My fascination with the blue potato is endless. And why not? Just take a look at these fabulous...
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Fireweed: Pretty and Somewhat Edible -- Also Used for Tea

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Fireweed - Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : I was driving through the narrow gravel road (trail) that runs through the heart of t...

The Blue Potato: From the Ancient Andes to Minnesota

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Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : My blue potatoes are ready already, although I will probably let most of them "ride" ...
Sunday, June 9, 2013

Rhubarb curd recipe: A terrific way to use your eggs and rhubarb at the same time

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Photo:Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK My free-range chickens really crank out the eggs in the spring, and rhubarb is also abundant. Thu...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Dutch Pancake recipe is practically idiot proof

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Photo: Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Here is my recipe for Dutch pancake, which makes for a terrific simple breakfast or fare for a...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Pineapple weed grows just about anywhere, and makes an exceptionally delightful tea

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KEN KORCZAK: It is said that “weed” is a word for plant for which no good use has yet been found. Perhaps no truer words were spoken of...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Breaded zucchini slices in butter with selection of spices and tomato sauces

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Photo by Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Now lets take a look at what one can do with zucchini from the garden! Pictured here are a...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Make cornbread using corn from your garden fresh off the cob -- best cornbread ever! -- Is it manna from heaven?

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Photo by Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK If you're looking for a way to make cornbread that will make it taste like it was handed do...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Power breakfast: Blue potatoes, zucchini and tomato

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KEN KORCZAK : This the time of the year when those of us who toil in our gardens all summer enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of our la...
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

My recipe for zucchini bread!

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Photo by Ken Korczak KEN KORCZAK : As anyone who has ever planted a zucchini plant knows, you get a lot of zucchini. And so begs t...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Easy Cucumber Refrigerator Pickles

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Photo by Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK One of the easiest possible things you can preserve from your garden are cucumbers in the for...
Saturday, August 4, 2012

Juneberry jam and juneberry pie -- we made it after all

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By KEN KORCZAK Well, my earlier moaning and groaning about the lack of juneberries this year was a tad premature. I went on a hard-ta...

How to make pineapple weed jelly (it's easy)

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Photo by Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Pineapple weed is one of the most useful and healthy native wild plants in nature. It is some...
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Saturday, June 30, 2012

Juneberries or serviceberries are as fine as blueberries but get less respect -- go out and find some of these delicious berries!

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Juneberry: Photo by Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Well, June 2012 is almost in the books, and juneberries are ready to pick -- if y...
Thursday, June 28, 2012

I find gigantic King Bolete mushroom in the woods

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My dog with shroom. Photos By Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK I take a long jaunt through the woods just about every evening after a lo...

It's wild raspberry time in Minnesota!

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/td> Wild raspberry Photo by ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK As you can see from my luscious looking picture, I scored a wild raspb...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

The squash trellis is working!

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By KEN KORCZAK As promised, I'm back with an update on how my squash trellis is functioning. So far, so great. As you can see in th...
Friday, June 15, 2012

Grow 100 pounds of potatoes in four square feet

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By KEN KORCZAK An idea that is spreading like wildfire across the country, especially among urban gardeners with very limited growing spac...
Thursday, June 7, 2012

Big energy companies may be getting nervous about solar

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KEN KORCZAK : Just a note for you all to check out my story about solar energy. (See link below) I know solar is still expensive and hard...
Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Why buy tea? Wild wood strawberry tea is everywhere

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Wild wood strawberry © Photo Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Wild strawberry tea. How good does that sound? You don’t need a team of ma...
Monday, June 4, 2012

Hunting wild aspragus

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Wild Asparagus © Photo Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK This is wild asparagus time in northern Minnesota, although I should say, we're...
Friday, June 1, 2012

My Chicken Utopia: I Have Never Lost a Chicken to a Predator

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By KEN KORCZAK So I have been keeping chickens now for four years in a woodsy area of northern Minnesota, and in that time, I have nev...
Thursday, May 31, 2012

Squash Trellis: Check back in later to see if it works

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The Squash Trellis KEN KORCZAK: So this summer we are trying a trellis for the first time, in this case, a squash trellis. When I po...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

My Morel Mushroom Hunt Turns Up Chicken of the Forest Instead: I'll Take It

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Morel © Photo Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK Well, the day after Memorial Day seemed like a good day as any to enter the deep northern ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Gather Acorns, Crack Acorns, Boil Acorns, Bake Acorns, Grind Acorns, Eat Acorns

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Let's learn to make acorn bread! By KEN KORCZAK The first Minnesotans, the Native Americans, probably ate a lot of acorns. ...

Wild Turkeys Make Big Comeback To Northern Minnesota

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© Photo By Ken Korczak By KEN KORCZAK It still makes you do a double take: A flock of wild turkeys just hanging out in extreme nort...
Monday, May 28, 2012

Write Your Congressman: Killing Bees To Make White Sugar Is An Insane Policy

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By KEN KORCZAK How ironic is this? Bees produce the world’s most natural, healthy source of sweetness: honey. But here in the Red Rive...