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		<title>My Love of Red Cabbage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several weeks now Turnip Rock CSA has been dropping off veggies at Sunnyside for our local CSA subscribers.  Friends know me best as a pretty unrestrained eater, so as a result I have taken a very active role in trying to find new ways to consume all the lovely organic veggies that keep landing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Procrastinating Gardener Pt. II</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now for another installment of the Procrastinating Gardner, a little late perhaps, but what did you expect?  In my last blog I wrote about adding some easy color to the garden via summer blooming annuals.  In this entry I&#8217;d like to talk a little about some of the summer blooming perennials that I&#8217;m using [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Procrastinating Gardener – Part 1</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/the-procrastinating-gardener-%e2%80%93-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/the-procrastinating-gardener-%e2%80%93-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, I have an excuse, right?  I work long hours in the spring, unloading trucks and helping people construct gardens that are sure to be the envy of their neighbors.  I simply don’t have the time to get working in my garden in spring when my perennials are coming up and all my neighbors are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perennial of the Year: Baptisia Australias</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don’t let its name fool you &#8211; the wonderful perennial Baptisia Australias isn’t from Australia &#8211; it is actually a great winter hardy perennial native to Southern Canada and the northern United States. A member of the pea family, Baptisia gets its name from the Greek word ‘baptisis,’ meaning “immerse, soak or dry” and refers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kitchen Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now is the time of year to get ready for planting your kitchen garden.  Sunnyside Gardens has a huge selection of starter plants and seeds for you to choose from. We have the veggies- tomatoes, peppers, onions, lettuce, beans, peas, etc. AND the herbs- sage, basil, rosemary, thyme, and all the others to make a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Are We Wearing Pink Gloves?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may notice something strange afoot at Sunnyside these days (week?) and no, it’s not just JR’s new hairdo. Everyone is sporting the stylish Pink, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, Nitrle Touch gardening glove. The staff at Sunnyside is excited to raise awareness for breast cancer research (not to mention protect our hands from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Residents: New Requirement to use Compostable Lawn Bags</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t caught wind of the new requirement to use compostable bags for your lawn waste, you are probably not alone.  The short of it is, as of Jan. 1st 2010, residents of the Twin Cities area who bag their yard waste for pick up need to use biodegradable compostable bags, rather than the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a pansy</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 01:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sunnyside-gardens.com/?p=2288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Minnesota gardeners a pansy is a welcome and exciting sign of spring.  The staff here at Sunnyside has even dubbed a term for the joy that the pansy and the coming spring it signifies: Pansymonium! In a stark and colorful explosion the first pansies obliterate the white doldrums of the winter and kick our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turnip Rock CSA</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/turnip-rock-csa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Community Supported Agriculture This year Sunnyside is happy to announce that we will be functioning as a drop site for a local Community Supported Agriculture farm.  In conjunction with Turnip Rock, located just across the border in New Auburn Wisconsin, Sunnyside will receive weekly shipments of sustainably raised, local organic produce. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start Growing Vegetables Now—With Indoor Seedlings</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/start-growing-vegetables-now-with-indoor-seedlings/</link>
		<comments>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/start-growing-vegetables-now-with-indoor-seedlings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sunnyside-gardens.com/?p=673</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You don’t have to wait for warmer weather to start gardening. In fact, if you want to grow your own vegetables from seed, you can’t wait much longer. There are basically two options for herb and vegetable gardening: start seedlings indoors and transplanting them to the garden, or buy plants that are already growing in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here we go!</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/here-we-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sunnyside-gardens.com/?p=2111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome Back to Sunnyside! The snow hasn’t melted yet and the irascible Punxsutawney Phil saw his unwelcome shadow, predicting another six weeks of winter, but the staff here at Sunnyside is excited about spring. We are anticipating another great year, catching up with each other and looking forward to seeing our fabulous customers again. 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gallery</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/gallery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<title>We are thankful!</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/we-are-thankful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sunnyside-gardens.com/?p=1883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving – Thanksgiving finds the staff at Sunnyside in a reflective mood – looking back on a fast and fun year and anticipating a restful two month winter break come Christmas. While Sunnyside will shut down for Thanksgiving Day and each staff will enjoy turkey time with their families, we got together to compile a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prevent Winter Burn NOW!</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/prevent-winter-burn-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:13:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Halloween has come and gone.  So now it is time to start thinking about…Spring?  Yes, that’s right:  Spring.  Forget about Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve for a moment.  The most popular question during spring at Sunnyside Gardens is this:  What caused my evergreens to brown over the winter? The brown, dead appearance of evergreens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tree Top Pots!</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/tree-top-pots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<title>Protecting the tender plants</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/protecting-the-tender-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sunnyside-gardens.com/?p=1801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some plants aren’t as tough as others. This can be a grim fact to face for northern gardeners. We invest our sweat, lower backs and money into certain plants only to see them crumple and die by the cold hands of our Minnesota winter. Our topsy-turvy winters dish out unpredictable snow cover. Weaker plants that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andy&#8217;s Favorite Pumpkin Pie</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/andys-favorite-pumpkin-pie/</link>
		<comments>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/andys-favorite-pumpkin-pie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pumpkin Pie Recipe: a pie pumpkin 1 cup sugar 1.5 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground allspice one half teaspoon ground ginger 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract (optional) one half teaspoon salt (optional) 4 large eggs 1.5 cans (12oz each) of evaporated milk 1 pie crust Once you’ve picked out your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Derby!</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/derby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late October is a delightful time here at Sunnyside – we tuck our perennials in for their winter slumber, JR brings back his infamous Arnold Schwarzenegger impression, we help kids find their perfect Halloween pumpkin, and, of course, the fun, silly and much anticipated Pumpkin Derby. A tradition started years ago, the derby involved staff [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tree Top Time, Folks</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/tree-top-time-folks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As Midwesterners, it is a bittersweet reality that our longest season is winter. And this can bum out even the sturdiest of Minnesotans. Our spring time is short lived and is usually sprinkled with a combination of snow, ice, and sunshine. Summer comes and then is gone, leaving us engulfed in humidity and mosquitoes. Fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To prune or not to prune&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://sunnyside-gardens.com/blog/to-prune-or-not-to-prune/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week in the Twin Cities, fall announced its arrival with a series of chilly winds and down pours. Leaves are starting to change color and our gardens have finally been battered into submission by the rigors of autumn. All week long, customers at Sunnyside Gardens have asked a simple question: When do I prune [...]]]></description>
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