Nelson Nursery Spring Open House

Nelson Nursery held its Spring Open House on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Zimmerman. This is always a great activity for families to get out and enjoy together. The Garden Center was filled with new arrivals of brightly-colored flowers, plants, and shrubs...

Miniature fairy garden demonstration at Nelson Nursery

Deb Adams demonstrated how to create miniature fairy gardens in a free workshop at Nelson Nursery and Garden Center in Zimmerman on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. Deb first demonstrated these gardens at the Zimmerman Business Expo in March. Another workshop...

First annual Young Women Fun Run/Walk coming to Princeton

Residents of Princeton and the surrounding areas will have the opportunity to participate in the first annual Fun Run/Walk fundraiser event to be held on Saturday, April 28, 2012. The event is sponsored by the Young Women’s program of the Church...

Earth Day in Big Lake and all year

Clean up your community! The first Earth Day was held in 1970, and this year is the 42nd anniversary. While many people don’t care about the activist part of Earth Day environmentalism, they do recognize the importance of taking care of our planet...

Sherburne Wildlife Refuge continues prescribed burns

The Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge has been conducting prescribed burns over the last several weeks. Prescribed burns are fires which are purposely started and must be completed by following a strict set of guidelines. These guidelines are called...

Nelson Nursery hosts Lil Roots Club for local children

Nelson Nursery and Garden Center in Zimmerman held a class for the Lil’ Roots Club on Thursday, April 19, 2012. The club is designed for children ages nine years old and younger. Kids learn about the environment and how to care for it, and they...

Trained storm spotters begin new severe weather season

Within hours of completing the latest Metro Skywarn Storm Spotter class, veteran and newly-trained spotters were called to duty as severe weather threatened the Twin Cities Metro Area. Fortunately, there were no injuries or damage reported in the Sherburne...

New Holiday Station Coming to Big Lake

While driving past the Holiday station on Hwy 10 in Big Lake, I noticed the sign out front indicating it will close down on September 11 so they can build a new Holiday station on the same site. I’ve always been partial to Holiday gas stations,...

Harvest Moon 2011

If you were outside Sunday night, you probably noticed how bright it appeared. Having heard the term “Harvest Moon” most of my life, I never really looked for it.  The most I knew was that the moon was bright, so farmers could still harvest...

Prairie Restorations Hosts Prairie Days on Saturday, August 20

The last time Prairie Restorations hosted their Prairie Days was three years ago, so I’ve never attended the event. Because Dave and I volunteer at the Wildlife Refuge on Tuesdays, we get to see what actual prairie looks like throughout the year. Prairie...