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Hay store full to the doors 
Frost is predicted for tonight, so winter is on its way. A good feeling to have entering winter is food and fuel security for all creatures on the homestead. Click here to read Molly Miron's Pinesol Postings.
By Molly Miron , September 28, 2009
Knutsons host annual threshing day
Earl Speckman, left, and Ron Hendricks pitch grain into the threshing at Bev and Wendell Knutson’s farm in Puposky Saturday afternoon. The Knutsons hosted the annual threshing day at their farm, inviting interested neighbors to help out and spectators to observe the old-time method of threshing. Pioneer Photo/Bethany Wesley
September 06, 2009
Minnesota State Fair: Minnesota 4-H grows even in tough time
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. – Karen Dvergsten reflected on the meaning of 4-H amid noisy sheep at the Minnesota State Fair.
By Don Davis , August 30, 2009
Mahnomen County man hurt in farm accident in stable condition
Mahnomen County Sheriff Doug Krier reported today that his oiffice received a 911 call about 1:20 p.m. Thursday concerning Eugene Bisek, 58, who was working on a farm located about five miles south of the city of Mahnomen.
August 28, 2009
Northwoods 4-H Dog Show held
From left, Michelle Lamoure, 10, of Bemidji, pets Marten, a 3-year-old West Highland white terrier shown during Saturday’s Northwoods 4-H Dog Show at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds by Madeleine Pfleger, 11. Madeleine’s mother, Deb McGregor-Pfleger, holds her son, Ryan Pfleger, 7. Madeleine started working with Marten this summer and showed him Saturday in agility, showmanship and obedience. The Pfleger family of Bemidji received the dog from a rescue center in South Dakota. The rescuers named the dog after a deceased friend. Pioneer Photo/Molly Miron
August 16, 2009
Front Yard Garden of the Week: There is something for everyone in this garden
There is something for everyone in Bess Kuryla’s front yard garden.
August 11, 2009
Beltrami County Fair: 4-H members prepare projects
Samantha and Faith Papp-Richards will enter their first 4-H projects at the Beltrami County Fair this week. But they have been mentored by veteran members of the Open Range Ropers Club.
By Molly Miron , July 28, 2009
Beltrami County Fair has long list of events
The schedule of events at the Beltrami County Fair July 29-Aug. 2 includes:
July 28, 2009
Fence frames picturesque garden
Think of a beautiful picture with a lovely frame around it. The picket fence surrounding the Hayes home at 519 Pershing Ave. S.E. is the frame around this front, back and side yard gardens. The centerpiece is a water feature surrounded by numerous plants and shaded by tall birch trees.
By Linda G. Tenneson , July 12, 2009
Blane Klemek column for July 5: Naturalist reminisces about farm boy days
When the farm boy of endless summers becomes the man of limited sunrises, the man sometimes reflects longingly on those boyhood days of boundless energy, imagination, and freedom.
By Blane Klemek , July 05, 2009
Going hog wild for cherries
The cherries are here. Once again I must carefully position the fingers on my right hand, discreetly hiding the cuticles dark with stain and the nails that look as though they’ve been used for raking the dirt in my flower garden.
By Sue Doeden , July 05, 2009
Five generations of Nelson family
Five generations of women from the Nelson family gathered recently.
July 05, 2009
I'm on an olive mission
I’m an olive lover. My husband loathes them. I think sometime during his childhood he must have had a tin-flavored pitted olive from a can and his taste buds gave it a thumbs down.
By Sue Doeden , June 28, 2009
Seniors learn about healthy food choices
Noemi Aylesworth was a guest speaker at the Senior Health Expo Tuesday afternoon at the United Methodist Church. Aylesworth discussed healthy food alternatives. The expo had 16 educational booths for the seniors to learn more about different offerings in the community. Pioneer Photo/Monte Draper
June 17, 2009
Which way to the grill? Steak on a plank kindles interest
Two New York Strip steaks were cooking on a smoldering wooden plank on our grill on the deck. The smell reminded me of a summer campfire combined with the fragrance of the big pile of burning Christmas trees that our suburban fire department used to set aflame each year after the holidays.
By Sue Doeden , June 14, 2009
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