Jeanette Fordyce

Last weekend there were home tours in both St. Paul and Minneapolis, but on May 3-4 Dayton’s Bluff will have its first vacant house tour. Of the 8 to 10 homes that will be shown, all are owned by banks except one, which is owned by the city of St. Paul. The Dayton’s Bluff vacant house committee wants to save homes from the wrecking ball. MORE »

Gene Olive was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1986. He struck a bargain with God. “If you make me well I will serve you in some way.” MORE »

We learn quicker from horses than we do from humans, according to Deb Reynolds, a facilitator of equine experiential learning workshops in Northfield, Minnesota. Equine workshops teach people horse-human relationship skills, mind-body awareness, emotional fitness, assertiveness, and leadership skills. MORE »

Good food can be grown in pots, in backyards, or in community gardens, so long as the soil is good. That message was delivered enthusiastically on March 29 at the fourth annual GardenWorks fair at First Christian Church in Minneapolis. Will Allen, founder and director of Growing Power—a non-profit land trust in Milwaukee—spoke to a jam-packed fellowship hall. Many audience members were attending their first GardenWorks fair, and the energy was high. Gardeners and farmers of all ages, including a few children, had gathered to learn about urban agriculture. MORE »

West St. Paul’s oldest continuously owned family business, Langula’s Hardware at 919 South Robert, is struggling. MORE »