I’m anticipating some new landscaping this year. Plants, like people, can thrive or languish depending on their environment and proper tending. And...
April 2021
Rach the Bookseller Recommends …
The Midwest Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden by Alan Branhagen This is the perfect book for environmentally conscious...
New Growth in St. Croix Valley
St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners Association prepares for spring gardening. Like many local organizations, the St. Croix Valley Master Gardeners...
Bottled Up
Create a teachable terrarium with the kids. Terrariums are a great way for kids to learn about how plants grow, life cycles, water cycles,...
Cool Beans
Area veteran launches a local coffee roasting business. Walter Reynolds is known in the local coffee roasting world as Roaster Walt or Wally. But he...
Potter Wins Publishing Contract
Local novelist describes his latest book. William Kaufmann works as a potter at Linden Hills Pottery in Hudson, Wis. alongside his wife Cynthia...
Go Play Outside
Expert tips to keep pets healthy and safe. Rachel Mairose, executive director of Secondhand Hounds, says the shelter has witnessed an uptick in...
Late Nights, Early Mornings
Memories from the farm. We regularly feature photo submissions from our Lens on St. Croix Valley photo contest in the pages of St. Croix Valley...
Garden Goodness
Seeding better nutrition. With a mere 150 square feet, I only grow what I know I’ll eat, and only the easy stuff— tomatoes, peas, zucchini, herbs...
Hudson Home and Garden Club
60 years of helping and beautifying the city. Since 1965 the Hudson Home and Garden Club (HH&GC) has been a place for locals to share common...
Virtual Vessels
St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour The 29th annual St. Croix Valley Pottery. Tour will be all online to help keep artists and the pottery loving public...
