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This Aug. 24 photo taken at the Bayview Farmers Market near Langley, Wash., shows fresh produce being laid out for purchase. Many farmers markets across the nation have banned dogs from their craft, food and produce displays, citing breakage, safety and sanitary concerns. (AP photo)
Keep pets away from gardens to prevent food-borne illness By DEAN FOSDICK Associated Press Animal waste tainting fresh produce is one of the major causes of food-borne ailments. So farmers markets and pick-your-own growers who fear fecal contamination are increasingly guarded about tolerating pets near their edibles. Home gardeners should be cautious, too. Many of the pathogens affecting food safety come from the intestinal systems of animals, said Diane Wright Hirsch, senior education educator with the University of Connecticut. “Whether human, dog, cat, cow or deer — all animals can be the source of Salmonella, E. coli, parasites and other disease-causing microbes associated with food-borne illness,” Hirsch said. E. coli outbreaks have been traced to meat, poultry and fresh produce, particularly lettuce. Salmonella has been detected in eggs, poultry, pork, sprouts, cucumbers and cantaloupe, while Listeria monocytogenes can be found in all types of food, including processed meats, cheese, apples and frozen vegetables, according to a University of Connecticut fact sheet. All are serious ailments, particularly for the young and the elderly. Contamination can be spread via irrigation water, animals, unsanitary workers, harvest containers and dirty equipment. It’s vital to keep animal and poultry feces out of residential and community gardens and well away from farmers markets and roadside food stands. “I have seen a dog pee on the corner of a farmers market table, and another place his head near the produce (where has that mouth been?),” Hirsch said in an email. “Farmers are working hard to produce safe fruits and vegetables — why let someone’s dog ruin it all with a lick, a squat or a lift of the leg?” she said. Many large farmers markets have banned dogs from their craft, food and produce displays, citing breakage, safety and sanitary concerns. The Olney (Maryland) Farmers and Artists Market struggled with the issue for years before deciding to exclude dogs, said Janet Terry, Olney’s president. “It would be horrifying to think what would happen if dog feces were found on our site. It also would be horrifying if a dog got off a leash and mauled a child,” Terry said. “This happened at a large market in Baltimore several years ago. We just don’t want to take any risks.” Some dog owners were angry about the pet ban, Terry said. “The good news is now, after 11 seasons, most of the complaining has stopped. We believe we have done the right thing.” Some suggestions from University of Connecticut Extension aimed at minimizing food safety threats: ¯ Use potable water when watering your food plants. Do not use rain barrels or other open water sources. ¯ Always wash hands prior to harvesting, and don’t harvest when sick.
The photo above provided by Rizzoli Press shows Round House by Richard Foster and a wild flower garden in Wilton, Conn. The photograph is featured in the book “Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and Other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature” by Andre Baranowski. Below is a photo provided by Rizzoli Press that shows the cover of the book. (AP photo)
Natural beauty Wild-looking, sustainable is the trend in garden design By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press Whether it’s on an enormous estate or outside a little house, the modern garden aims for wild-looking landscapes, native species and seamless transitions to natural surroundings, according to a new book featuring the work of prominent contemporary garden designers. In “Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, PrairieStyle Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and Other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature” (Rizzoli), photographer Andre Baranowski explores a dozen very different gardens — all of them mostly devoid of manicured lawns and fussy pruning.
The focus, instead, is on sustainability and plant diversity. Featured garden designers include Oehme van Sweden, Fernando Caruncho, Jorge Sanchez and Piet Oudolf. Each chapter explores a single garden, explaining the designer’s approach, the challenges posed and garden highlights, with an eye to inspiring home gardeners to try their hand at this more natural-looking approach. “Tons of money still goes into fertilizers and weed killers for traditional-style manicured lawns, but I’m trying to show people that weeds can be quite beautiful. They can be stunning. Gardens can be gorgeous and sustain wildlife, and at
the same time be easier to maintain,” says Baranowski, who visited the 12 gardens hundreds of times, looking for the most evocative images. “This wilder look is absolutely catching on,” he says. The book begins with a garden in Water Mill, New York, designed in the 1980s by pioneering landscaper James van Sweden, co-founder with Wolfgang Oehme of the Oehme van Sweden firm. In a departure from the staid hedges, boxwoods and perennial borders that dominated the East End of Long Island at the time, von Sweden planted low-maintenance grasses and other native plants, and plants appropri-
ate for the seascape like lavender, sedums, willows and magnolias. Bringing native grasses right up to the pool’s edge was considered revolutionary at the time, Baranowski says. In a garden in East Hampton, New York, Eric Groft, of the firm Oehme van Sweden, screened out traffic using ornamental grasses, which have the added benefit of deterring deer, the book says. Plantings focused on green, gold and purple shrubs, perennials, and grasses that thrive in the local microclimate, with annuals appearing only in pots. Mature old elms, See Wild p. 2D
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This Saturday photo shows two dogs getting acquainted at the Bayview Farmers Market near Langley, Wash. Bayview, like many farmers markets across the nation, has posted strict rules aimed at preventing dogs from approaching their craft, food and produce displays, citing breakage, safety and sanitary concerns. (AP photo)
This photo provided by Rizzoli Press shows Bird Haven Farm in Pottersville, N.J. The photograph is featured in the book “Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and Other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature" by Andre Baranowski. (AP photo)
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You can freeze that? Tips for freezing all kinds of foods
In this Feb. 20 file photo a girl pushes herself on a scooter by a home for sale in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas. On Tuesday the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index for February is released. (AP photo)
US home prices rose 3% year over year in February By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices increased at a slower pace in February, a sign that several years of outsized gains in home values have created affordability challenges in many metro areas. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 3% from a year earlier, down from an annual gain of 3.5% in January. After the damage from the 2008 financial crisis began to fade, home values started to climb in 2012 and consistently outstripped wage growth. This made it more difficult for would-be buyers to save for a down payment and existing home owners to upgrade to a more expensive property. Price increases were strongest in the Sunbelt, a change from past years in which the largest gains came from West Coast cities such as Seattle and San Francisco. Last Vegas reported the largest price increase at 9.7%, followed by Phoenix at 6.7% and Tampa with a 5.4%. Meanwhile, major California metro areas lost much of their momentum. San Francisco prices rose just 1.4%, San Diego by 1.1% and Los Angeles by 1.8%. These gains are now below the gains in national average hourly earnings, which the Labor Department has reported are up 3.2%.
Pending home sales up 3.8% in March
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in March compared to the prior month. The National Association of Realtors says that its pending home sales index climbed 3.8% to 105.8. Home sales have been recovering as mortgage rates have retreated after the average 30-year rate peaked at just below 5% in November. Still, pending home sales are running 1.2% below their pace a year ago. The pace of home price growth has also slowed after years of being consistently higher than wage gains, reducing the affordability pressures for would-be buyers. Pending sales is a measure of home purchases that are usually completed a month or two later.
By KATIE WORKMAN Associated Press Do you think of your freezer as an extension of your pantry? You should. Yes, we know the freezer is a marvelous holding pen for emergency frozen dinners, packaged frozen vegetables and ice cream. But it also can store a wide range of spare ingredients to have at the ready. Many foods that are not obvious candidates for freezing can be stored there in excellent condition. Freezing food is also a great way to reduce food waste, a big issue both in our country and our kitchens. First, some general tips for freezing food: Use freezer-proof, plastic, zippertop bags, or glass or plastic containers, and just continue to recycle them. I have some containers I‘ve been using for so long they‘re on the cusp of becoming vintage! The freezer-proof plastic bags will be labeled “freezer,“ and they are thicker and sturdier than regular storage bags. When using them, press out excess air. The more air you remove, the better the food preservation. If you happen to have one of those vacuumsealer machines, have at it; if not, press down on the bag to push out air before you seal it up tightly. If you are freezing items in containers, leave about 1/2-inch headroom at the top because some foods, especially liquids, expand slightly when frozen. This way, the food will fill the container as it freezes, but not pop off the lid. Label each bag or container with the name of the food and the date you put it in the freezer. Use permanent marker, and if you are using a reusable container, make a label with masking tape so you can peel it off and put a new one on next time. We all think we‘ll remember, but pureed raspberries can look a lot like tomato paste when they surface in the back of the freezer. Now, for some good and perhaps surprising items you can freeze: SHREDDED CHEESE. If you buy bulk bags of cheese, divide them into smaller, freezer-safe bags. Hard cheese can be frozen in chunks, but shredded freezes best. You can even use the cheese directly from the freezer, as it defrosts very quickly.
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flowering dogwoods and black locusts were left in place to give the garden a more established look. In New York’s Lower Hudson Valley area, meanwhile, landscape designer Kathy Moreau designed and refreshed several gardens on an expansive property, in one area creating a garden meant to be walked
on — ideally with bare feet. While stepping stones suggested the walking path, ground cover like sedum, mosses and periwinkle (to add color) were chosen specifically to delight the feet. Throughout the property, Moreau replaced invasive plants with native or sustainable plantings — “sustainable in the sense that they attract pollinators and do not require a lot of extra
This graphic represents a Tuesday survey of regional lending institutions. Figures are based on rates at Range Bank, mBank, First Bank of Upper Michigan and Marquette Community Federal Credit Union.
water or nutrients,” she says in the book. “With every garden, you have the chance to do more than provide a practical solution — for example, something pretty to look at, or screening from a neighbor,” she says. “The best landscape design does that and more: it should be environmentally responsive and also artistic to fully engage both the people lucky enough to enjoy the garden
This February photo taken in New York shows a variety of foods that are surprisingly freezable. From left are bananas, fresh oregano, cooked quinoa in glass bowl, ginger, tomato paste, orange peel and whipped cream mounds. (AP photo) HOMEMADE PANCAKES OR WAFFLES. Don‘t throw out those breakfast leftovers! Freeze them first on a baking sheet in a single layer, then wrap them in plastic wrap with a layer of wax or parchment paper in between each; slip them into freezerproof, zipper-top bags; and freeze. You can defrost and heat these in the microwave. FRESH HERBS. Roughly chop any fresh herb and put about 1 tablespoon of it in each container of an ice cube tray. Then fill up the sections with a little broth, water or olive oil, and freeze. Once the herby ice cubes are frozen, transfer them to a bag, seal well, label and pop them back into the freezer. Defrost before using, unless you are throwing one into a soup or stew. They will not be able to be used as a garnish, as their texture will be affected, but they can be used in dressings, marinades and such. TOMATO PASTE. This is one of my favorites. When a recipe calls for 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, don‘t cover the rest of the can with foil and shove it into the back of the fridge. Scrape it into a freezer-proof bag, press out the air and freeze. Snap off pieces as you need it; just guesstimate
Garden from 1D ¯ Use composted manure that has been managed to destroy potential pathogens, or wait 120 days before harvesting before applying untreated manure or compost. ¯ Locate your garden away from contamination sources, and protect it from chickens, wildlife and pets. There is little you can do if animals defecate on or near your edibles, Hirsch said.
and the breadth of other living things that depend on it.” Most of the gardens featured are in New York or New Jersey, with the addition of one in Ashley Falls, Massachusetts, and one in Wilton, Connecticut. The most public of the gardens featured is the High Line in New York City, inspired by the selfseeded landscape that grew up between the rail tracks
what a tablespoon would be, and usually you can just add it frozen to a recipe. Most recipes calling for tomato paste involve heating it, and it will melt and blend in quickly. COOKED GRAINS. Not only is this a great way to save leftover rice, quinoa, farro and so on, it‘s a smart way to meal plan. Make extra grains when you make a batch for dinner, and then freeze them in small containers or bags. When ready to use them, defrost in the fridge, or if you are adding them to a dish, you can add them still frozen. WHOLE FRUIT. Bananas freeze up beautifully right in their own skins no plastic required! Defrost, peel and use them in baked goods like banana bread. Thawed or frozen, they are great in smoothies. You can also freeze whole tomatoes or peaches with their skins still on; wash, dry, and core or pit them, then freeze. When you thaw them, even partially, you can slip their skins right off. The tomatoes can then be chopped and used in sauces and other cooked dishes, the peaches in baked goods and smoothies. Some people skip the coring and the bags, and just freeze the fruit loose with skins intact.
“If harvestable or close-to-harvestable fruits or vegetables are affected, do not harvest, do not eat,” she said. “It is just too risky.”
Online: For more about food-safe gardening, see this fact sheet from University of New Hampshire Extension: https://extension.unh.edu/resources/fil es/resource001093_rep1366.pdf You can contact Dean Fosdick at deanfosdick@netscape.net
after trains stopped running there in the 1980s. Baranowski notes that despite the trend toward more natural-looking gardens, many of America’s suburban spaces continue to run to manicured lawns and hedges.
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1099987 One of eight parcels available in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula! Sister Lake is a 25-acre spring fed lake, 26’ deep, sandy shores and well stocked with Largemouth bass for catch and release and surrounded by large private lakefront wooded parcels and borders Hiawatha National Forest Year-round access on well-maintained private roads. All utilities are underground to the parcels. $34,900
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1082906 Beautiful 4.4 island in North Lost Lake PLUS 1.4-acre wooded corner lot with several building sites located in Whispering Pines Subdivision. Lot 15 is one of six lots having exclusive access to Lost Lake through a 20’ wide platted private park. Phone and power available with road being privately maintained but used on a year-round basis. Also listed under MLS #1082908; #1082905 $74,900 1105578 Beautiful Nevins Lake - a 275+ acres all sports lake - offers TWO PLATTED LAKE FRONT LOTS plus nicely wooded corner lot across the street. This is a great opportunity to build your home or cabin on any of the three lots - take your pick!!! There is a driveway in and a small 12x14 building on Lot 18. $78,000 1108778 Are you looking for privacy? Come take a look at the chalet style home located on 10 acres. As you enter the walkout basement you will see a large storage area and utility room. The main level includes a finished porch, BR, BTH, kitchen, dining area and living room, off the living room there is a large deck. The upper level has 2 unfinished BR’S and 1 1/ 2 BTH. All the electrical and plumbing have been run. $179,900 1102401 Welcome to Perch Lake. 11 acres, 272’ frontage tucked away on this beautiful private lake. The house was built in 1995, 2 BR raised ranch with spectacular views. Open living room, kitchen and dining area, along with full BTH and 2 BR’S on the upper floor. Lower level has full family room (needs to be finished) with BTH. Two car detached garage. Gazebo down near the Lake. Awesome fishing, swimming, kayaking and boating. $250,000 1111693 This beautiful cedar log home is among the towering pines in a private setting. Home features cathedral ceiling over the open floor plan of kitchen-dining-living area, 20x20 upper level loft, first level features two BR’s and full BTH, lower level has a family room, two more BR’s, utility area with 3/4 BTH, plus storage in maintenance room. LP fireplace, roofed front porch, metal roof, Heatmor outdoor wood furnace. $275,000
“If that could change, just a little bit, it could be so much more beautiful and wild,” he says wistfully.
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344 Shot Point Drive, Marquette
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High quality parcel surrounding a gorgeous private lake with a cleared building site
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2082 Dishno Road Champion
Gorgeous Retreat/Cottage/Home on pristine Brocky Lake
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Private, large acreage building lot on Lake Gogebic with 207 feet of water frontage
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Private hunting retreat surrounded by thousands of acres of State and CFA land.
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Fantastic opportunity for someone interested in a small business consisting of a bar and restaurant and a complete home on the upper level! The Club 28 in Wakefield is a well known, established and extremely popular venue at the corner of US2 and M28.
Year round access to this scenic waterfront property with over 40 acres and approximately 700’ of lake frontage on Fish Lake in Champion, with a 5400’+ home, beach house, 2 story barn, log cabin, old blacksmith shop, garden shed, and hunting shack
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Unique well built “A Frame” construction year around home nestled on 20 acres located 20 minutes from Ishpeming
Rustic two bedroom cabin with approximately 400’ of frontage and 32 acres on Cranberry Lake
116 Riverdale, Harvey
Chocolay Township home that has been upgraded from top to bottom, perfect for entertaining with a swimming pool, sauna, all on the banks of the Chocolay River
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