We made cozy winter hats from old sweaters! Find instructions here!

How to make some of your own home and personal care products

This last weekend, 17 participants gathered at the ELC church in Cokato to learn from Heidi and her helpers, husband Bruce and brother Cory, how to make potato sausage. It was a group effort, which is a great way to make it. Heidi provided the ingredients - ground pork, ground beef, potatoes, onion, salt and pepper, and beef casings. Participants and helpers provided the labor - slicing and grinding onions and potatoes, mixing all the ingredients in a large bin, and running t

Olena with a Jack o' Lantern mushroom that can glow in the dark Giant Puffball, Hen of the Woods, Chanterelle, Purple Licaria, Artist's Conk, Oyster, and a Jack o' Lantern mushroom that glows in the dark are some of the specimens we found on our short walk through Stanley Eddy Memorial Park on the afternoon of September 28. We were very fortunate both in our discoveries and the gorgeous weather. To be completely honest, I have to admit I had not caught the mushroom foraging b