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A common eastern bumble bee queen in Winona on March 3, 2024. Photo: Danielle Hudson
It is easy to see that this has been an unusually warm winter in Minnesota. Skis and sleds barely had a chance to get dusted off. People started...
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Climate adaptation strategies for forests vary across a spectrum of options, and an effective strategy is to experiment with multiple approaches across a landscape. Extension has tree selection lists to guide you no matter which strategy...
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A regenerating aspen stand
When we were developing the climate-ready woodlands tree recommendation lists, we were often surprised about which tree species were noton these lists, including iconic Minnesota species such as quaking aspen...
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Image: Young grape shoots damaged by late spring frost (May 11th, 2021). Photos taken by Madeline Wimmer.
Cold stress and frost damage have the potential to impact perennial fruit crops during different times of the year, and springtime...
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We've developed a new webpage for growers to learn about projected climate changes in Minnesota, and strategies for resilience that are specific to Minnesota, and to vegetable farming.
Climate models project the following about our future...
Much-needed moisture in the form of snow and rain blanketed the state Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. This photo is from Sturges Park in Buffalo on Monday morning. (Photo by Tom McDonnell)
Prior to the Buffalo-Hanover-Montrose school board meeting last Monday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m., a public comment period at 6:30 p.m. brought out standing-room-only attendance in support of teachers in their contract negotiations with District 877.
Students and parents took turns addressing the...
Wright County Commissioners took time last week to reflect upon and recognize the great work done by Wright County staff at an annual Employee Recognition Ceremony at their March 19 board meeting.
Each spring an Employee of the Year and Group of the Year is chosen for their exemplary efforts over...
As the snow melts and the first buds of spring emerge, the Buffalo Community Theater (BCT) is set to breathe new life into the classic tale of “Enchanted April.” This heartwarming production, opening on April 5, promises to be a highlight of the community theater’s cultural calendar.
Set in the...
Wright County property owners will soon be receiving their annual Notice of Valuation and Classification for the 2024 Assessment, property taxes payable in 2025. This is the first of three notifications that property owners will receive regarding the 2025 property taxes, with the Truth in Taxation...
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The Hinckley Invitational Baseball Tournament can often be as unpredictable as the Minnesota weather – this year was no different.
Wet and soggy conditions at Brennan Field in Hinckley turned...
The team scores didn’t exactly add up the way they had hoped to, but for two shooters from the Buffalo High School Trapshooting Team, individual ones did.
Senior Riley Goeb and freshman Austin Sands...
I was just a year old when Pixar revolutionized the film industry with the first “Toy Story,” which would rocket animation to new heights back in 1993. Computer animation was just beginning to pick...
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Ingredients:
½ cup butter, melted
2 cups graham cracker crumbs
1 bag (8oz) toffee bits (1 ½ cups)
Roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough
1 bag (12 oz) semi sweet chocolate chips (2...
What to do
Best time to do it
Okay time to do it
Cut back perennials
March, April and November
Start summer vegetable seeds indoors
Mid March through mid April
Direct...
Quick tips
Select plants that will thrive in existing soil type, light, and space.
Collect and use rainwater to water plants.
Water evergreens until the ground freezes.
Water in early morning to...
As the carnival pulls away, leaving Sturges Park and Buffalo Lake’s beach oddly empty, we say goodbye to yet another successful Buffalo Days celebration. The city has returned to its usual busyness,...
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