Minnesota State Fair

Minnesota State Fair
Author: Kathryn Strand Koutsky
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:

Enhanced by more than twelve hundred photographs, a history of the Minnesota State Fair includes recipes from 4-H groups, food stands, and blue ribbon-winning contestants.

A Fabulous Fair Alphabet

A Fabulous Fair Alphabet
Author: Debra Frasier
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2010-06-22
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1416998179

Letters of the alphabet in various graphic styles accompany words associated with fairs.

Blue Ribbon

Blue Ribbon
Author: Karal Ann Marling
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1990
Genre: Minnesota State Fair
ISBN: 0873512529

Covers everything from prize animals to fair architecture to speeches to Pronto Pups.

Seed Queen

Seed Queen
Author: Colleen Josephine Sheehy
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2007
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780873515924

The first richly illustrated history of crop art and of generations inspired by Lillian Colton and her arresting portraits of celebrities in seeds.

Minnesota Book of Days

Minnesota Book of Days
Author: Tony Greiner; Howard Mohr
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2009-10-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 0873517415

A chronological compendium of remarkable and curious events in the history of the North Star State

Murder on a Stick

Murder on a Stick
Author: S. L. Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2014-08-06
Genre: Aging parents
ISBN: 9780996464079

You can get almost anything on a stick at the Minnesota State Fair. This year, murder is added to the list. Despite the thousands of people in close proximity to the crime scene, efforts to find a witness are futile. Family and friends construct radically different portraits of the victim, and the list of suspects keeps growing. No suspect has a corroborated alibi. Three admit being at the fair that day. The investigation crisscrosses the Twin Cities, and travels from the fairgrounds to Rochester, Minnesota. St. Paul investigators Pete Culnane and Martin Tierney must separate fact from fiction, and determine whose lies mean what.

Minnesota State of Wonders

Minnesota State of Wonders
Author: Brian Peterson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2015-10-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996525701

Brian Peterson and Kerri Westenberg, both native Minnesotans, share a deep affection for their homeland. That sensibility underlies every aspect of the State of Wonders project, which began as a series in the Travel section of the Star Tribune. Through their combined vision, springtime awakes in the northwest with prairie chicken dances and unfurling, delicate plants. Tallgrass prairies and historic American Indian lands trumpet the full glory of summer. Autumn colors dazzle the Mississippi River Valley, and winter in the Arrowhead region holds both harsh cold and exquisite beauty. Collectively, their work illuminates Minnesota's natural glories.

The Unchosen Ones

The Unchosen Ones
Author: R. J. Kern
Publisher: MW Editions
Total Pages: 136
Release:
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

In 2016, award-winning Minnesota-based photographer R. J. Kern made portraits of youth contestants at Minnesota county fairs. Each participant—some as young as four years old—had spent a year raising an animal, which they had then entered into a 4-H livestock competition. None of the youths who sat for him had succeeded in winning an award, despite the obvious care they had given to their animals. The Unchosen Ones depicts the bloom of youth and the mettle of the kids who grow up on farms, reminding us how resilient children can be when confronted with life's inevitable disappointments. The formal qualities of the lighting and setting endow these young people with a gravitas beyond their years, revealing self-directed dedication in some, and in others, perhaps, the pressures of traditions imposed upon them. Kern's beautiful portraits capture a particular America, a rural world, and a time in life when the layered emotions of youth are laid bare. Four years later, in 2020, Kern returned to photograph his young subjects. The most recent photographs show how the children have grown into adolescence or young adulthood: some of them have continued to pursue animal husbandry, while others have developed other interests. It is likely that some of these kids will not choose to continue running their family farms—an unpredictable and demanding way to make a living. These diptychs are punctuated by lush landscapes of the farms that are their homes. As Kern made the second group of photographs, he asked his young subjects what they had carried forward from their previous experience. What were their thoughts, their dreams, and their goals for the future? How would they fit into the future of agricultural America?

Hydroponic Gardening the Very Easy Way

Hydroponic Gardening the Very Easy Way
Author: Larry Cipolla
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-01-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781975919375

This comprehensive guide is the only book that focuses on the Deep-Water-Culture (DWC) hydroponic system. You will quickly learn how to use the DWC system, which is the lowest cost, easiest to set up, easiest to maintain, and easiest to expand hydroponic system. This definitive how-to-resource will guide you through each step of the way. Year-round gardening, indoors and outdoors, pesticide- and herbicide-free. Take control of what you eat. Grow what you like in a very small space. Grow vertically to increase your yield. No gardening experience is necessary. Who would benefit from this book? The ideas in this book will work for you, whether you live in a mansion, a single room, a condo, a senior center, an assisted living facility, whether you live in the city or the country, or whether you have ever wondered how you can possibly grow vegetables and herbs in just water and air. It is a sustainable process and great for the environment and, especially healthy for you and your family. What will you learn? Through 280 pages in 15 modules, 120 photographs, 23 DIY projects, 26 tables and charts, 9 case studies you will learn ... - How to build your own DWC system with food safe buckets, totes and PVC tubes. - What off-the-shelf fertilizers to buy and how to create your own. - How to use Integrated Pest Management and non-chemical solutions for disease and insect control. - What lighting units to buy, how to build portable light frames and elevated tables. - How to select the right growing medium. - What, when and how to plant seeds and seedlings and when and how to harvest everything your taste buds crave-from sweet basil to salad greens to luscious, tasty tomatoes. Very easy. Very rewarding. Hydroponic Gardening The Very Easy Way has everything you need to know about DWC hydroponic gardening and more. Take control of what you eat-and have fun doing it! Larry Cipolla is a master gardener, international speaker, and hydroponics expert. He lives and gardens in Minnesota.