Lisa shares her family recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls. You'll want to take note.
Posts by Lisa Bralts-Kelly:
The right thing changes from state to state
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Soul Asylum is playing the Sweetcorn Festival Saturday, and Lisa checks in with her old Mpls fellow-resident, Dave Pirner.
The good thing about hops
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Hops, that ingredient that produces your favorite beers, that you never hear about anyone growing? It could be in your backyard, if you wanted.
Chickens, Urbana-style
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It’s legal to raise fowl in the eastern Twin City, and Lisa talks to a few locals who have taken the plunge.
Gardening… it’s this easy
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So, you have no idea how to grow a tomato, eh? Neither did anyone at one point. Learning how to do this is simple in ways that can’t be described.
Imagine microproduction as the standard
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Micro-production. Hyper-local farming. Doing it right. Lisa Bralts returns to her backyard to challenge us to do the same.
Sixteen Tons & What Do You Get?
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Another day older, deeper in debt, and the first band practice in 16 or so years. Stay tuned for more news about these former music scene fixtures…
Cabin feverish
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When Winter won’t seem to quit and Spring hasn’t yet found the strength to power through, there’s a few things you can still do to prepare for the months ahead.
Got Goats?
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Urbana’s Market at the Square doesn’t start for another five weeks, but you can get a taste of things to come if you head out to Prairie Fruits Farm on Saturdays through the end of …