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Melinda’s Garden Moment: Fertilizer Tips

Proper fertilization will help keep your lawn healthy and better able to outcompete the weeds, tolerate insects and disease and recover from environmental stresses.
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Proper fertilization will help keep your lawn healthy and better able to outcompete the weeds, tolerate insects and disease and recover from environmental stresses. Start by calculating the area to be fertilized. Measure then multiply the length times the width of your lawn to get the square footage. The bag or your soil test will tell you how much fertilizer…

Thinking Green
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Thinking Green: Responsible Water Use

Sourcing a precious resource the right way.
Emily Welker,

It’s not something most of us here in the Red River Valley have had to think much about given all the flooding to which we’re prone. But flood cycles tend to intersperse themselves with dry cycles, so it’s worth being prepared. And it’s been dry lately. So it’s time to start thinking about resourcing your water responsibly. Here’s Danny Lipford…

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Watch: Fire heavily damages bean plant near Park Rapids

Crews Still Monitoring Fire As Of Tuesday Morning
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PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (KVRR/KDLM) – Firefighters were on the scene of a bean plant fire late Monday night and early Tuesday morning near Park Rapids. The fire started at about 8:30 p.m. Monday at Green Valley Bean on Highway 34 west of Park Rapids. The fire was put out about three hours later. Fire crews from Nevis, Menahga, Frazee, Detroit lakes…

Thinking Green
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Thinking Green: Programmable Thermostat

Get with the program: save some energy and some money this spring.
Emily Welker,

The weather this time of year can be kind of all over the place. Sun, then sudden rain. Temps up one day, down the next. There is one way you can control your environment, however, even if you can’t control Mother Nature. Danny Lipford explains in this week’s Thinking Green. Categories: Morning – Features

Ask Danny
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Ask Danny: Fixing Nail Pops

We're fixing to have better-looking walls pretty soon.
Emily Welker,

Nail-pops are the last thing you want to see come through on your walls. Fixing them sounds like you’re destroying your home. Our home improvement expert, Danny Lipford, breaks down the steps on this week’s Ask Danny. Categories: Morning – Features

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Melinda’s Garden Moment: Kid-Friendly Eyeballs & Brains

Plant some eyeballs, brains, firecrackers and popcorn in your kid friendly garden.
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  Eyeballs, brains, firecrackers and popcorn can help persuade the youngsters in your life to start gardening. These plants add a bit of fun and possibly some gruesome beauty to any garden or container. Just give the popcorn cassia (Senna didymobotrya) a gentle pet for a whiff of popcorn. Or sniff the flowers and the peanut butter fragrance will have…

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Social Distancing: Baby Bison!

National Buffalo Museum Welcomes 1st Babies Of The Season
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  Spring is the time of rebirth, and it feels like that this year a lot more than last year, with vaccines available and stuff reopening. Last week in our Discover North Dakota series we visited Jamestown. And perhaps their most famous attraction has some new additions just waiting for a socially distanced hello. New baby bison! This is the…

Thinking Green
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Thinking Green: Natural Lighting

Light up your life and lighten the load on the environment while you're at it.
Emily Welker,

In spite of all the makeup and hairspray it takes to get us out onto the anchor desk in the morning, we’re really a fan of the natural look here on the Morning Show. And what better way to show it in its best light, than with natural lighting? Danny Lipford sheds light on the subject in today’s Thinking Green….

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Social Distancing: Snagging Coveted Camping Spots

If You Wait, You Might Not Get In To Popular Campgrounds
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We discovered the Park Rapids area in Tuesday’s show. It’s the gateway to Itasca State Park, one of the most beautiful and most popular spots in our region. It’s the birthplace of the Mississippi River! Of course people are going to want to hang out there. But if you’re looking for some socially distanced fun this summer, I’ve got some…