March/April 2010

Features

home

24The House that Art Built
By Chip Borkenhagen
A rural energy-efficient home built with artistic flair on an existing footprint.
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nature

28Prairie Chickens at Dawn
By Elisa Korentayer
Front-row seats at an early-morning courtship dance.

gallery

32David Rickert
By Chip Borkenhagen
Rickert brings paintings to life with vibrant acrylics.
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home and garden guide

36Paradise Restored
By Margaret A. Haapoja
Shoreland restoration in Lake Country.

Departments

Behind the scenes

4Editor’s Journal

6Contributors

8Lake Country Letters

echoes off the lake

10Front Porch
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14Fun Finds
Cool Stuff from Minnesota & Beyond!

16Through the Garden Gate
Starting a Vegetable Garden

18Seasonings
In Praise of Peas

20Our Towns
Pease
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22Out-of-Doors
The Muskrat

44Green Gardening
The Carbon Capture Garden

46Discoveries
Super Soil

48Health
Back to Backs

50History
WPA Stone Structures
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52Green Thumbs
Bonsai of the North
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