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Peachy Keen

Peachy Keen

Last year I took this photo of my co-hort Todd Sunde eating the last peach from his ‘Contender’ Peach tree he grows in Emmetsburg.  If I only had taken a video instead of this still picture!  The juice from the peach can be seen running down Sunde’s chin and...

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Azalea ‘Electric Lights Red’

Azalea ‘Electric Lights Red’

It’s the week of the Master’s Golf Tournament in Agusta, Georgia.  Azaleas are normally in bloom during the four-day event in Georgia.  Del’s offers the variety ‘Electric Lights Red’ in our nursery.  The plants are completely dormant now and should be...

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What zone are we now?

What zone are we now?

The USDA updated the Climatic Zone Charts for the United States last autumn. In Spencer, Iowa; Spirit Lake, Iowa and Stom Lake, Iowa we had been classified Zone 4A. A Zone 4 winter was one in which the low temperatures were between -20 and -30 without the windchill...

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