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Try this slow cooker applesauce recipe as a snack, dessert or topping for pancakes. (NDSU photo)
Food

5 questions about cold temperatures and our health

A reader wonders what is growing on their Christmas cactus. Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

A Christmas cactus mystery, sauerkraut cabbage, and eggshells for plants

Zinnia Profusion Red Yellow Bicolor. Photo courtesy of All-America Selections / Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

Award-winning new flowers and vegetables for 2021

The whole family enjoyed these whimsical cupcakes as they gathered to celebrate T.J.’s and Allison’s recent birthdays. (Provided photo)
Food

Eichers celebrate Christmas quietly this year

Warm your body and spirit with some nourishing soup. (NDSU photo)
Food

Set a health goal for the new year

A reader wonders what caused this problem with a peace lily. Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

A peace lily problem, boulevard vs. berm, and tips for storing produce

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Planting for bees and butterflies will once again be a priority in 2021. Forum file photo
Home and Garden

Predicting the new year's 2021 garden trends

Fiber-rich fruit with nut butter is an easy-to-make, nutritious snack. (NDSU photo)
Food

Are you sitting too much?

Daughter Verena and the grandchildren carry on with the tradition of making cut-out cookies for Christmas. (Provided)
Food

The Eicher family mourns a great loss

Farming under rainbows near Blooming Prairie, Minn. (Kelsey Wolf photo)
Agriculture

Beauty of agriculture shines through in all seasons

A reader says she's "perplexed" after this plant that her mother threw out decades ago is now spreading as a groundcover in the woods. Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

Identifying a groundcover plant, crabapple that attracts ‘feeding frenzy’ of birds, and controlling buckthorn

Casey Steele, seen here on June 16, 2020, planted a boulevard garden in front of her north Fargo home. Forum file photo
Home and Garden

The pandemic propelled gardening to new heights. Will the trend last?

Buggies lined the yard as the community gathered to mourn. (Provided)
Food

Community support in a time of heavy loss

Use your creativity to create flavored water that is refreshing but has few calories. (Photo courtesy of Pixabay)
Food

Watch out for miracle nutrition promises

A reader wonders what kind of berry and tree this is. Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

Can you identify this berry, controlling houseplant gnats, and the Ambrosia apple

"Pinching" a plant refers to removing the upper growing point to encourage branching below. Michael Vosburg / Forum Photo Editor
Home and Garden

The humorous side of garden terminology

Peanut brittle (Janet Hudson)
Food

Christmas time treat recipes

A cheese board has a range of cheese, meat, vegetables, fruits and grain items on the side. (Photo courtesy of Midwest Dairy)
Food

Say cheese and smile

CannonBelles Cheese, owned by Deeann Lufkin, Jackie Ohmann and Kathy Hupf, recently broke ground on its own cheese plant in Cannon Falls, expected to be open by summer. (Noah Fish / Agweek)
Agriculture

CannonBelles just months away from having own home for cheesemaking

A reader wonders what caused this damage to their Tower poplars. Special to The Forum
Home and Garden

Preventing deer damage to trees, non-poisonous poinsettias, and identifying voles

Research has debunked many common houseplant myths. David Samson / The Forum
Home and Garden

Fact or fiction: 10 houseplant myths debunked