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Summertime travel in Minnesota

Planning your summer vacation? If you're not sure where to go yet, Beth Gauper offers some suggestions. We discuss traveling in the state of Minnesota during the summer, from week-long vacations to weekend get-aways.

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Garden Guru

Healthy plants are the key to a flourishing garden. What you can do this month to revitalize and protect your turf, flowers, shrubs and trees.

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Garden insects, friends and enemies

Consider bugs a plague upon your roses? Insects can help your garden, too. A look at strategies and alternatives to spraying first.

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A weekend of fishing

The Memorial Day weekend is the traditional start for the summer tourist season. Tourism contributes nearly $10 billion to Minnesota's economy. Resorts and other tourist-oriented businesses are hoping for a summer season that will compensate for several years of struggle. Many Minnesotans will head to the water for a long weekend of fishing.

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Grilling for the weekend

Memorial Day weekend, the figurative beginning of summer means more grilling outdoors. An author who spends his time searching new and inventive ways to barbecue shares his ideas on Midmorning.

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Organic gardening

The picture of a manicured garden appeals to a lot of us right now...before we've had a chance to work ourselves to exhaustion making it happen. Organic gardener Ellen Sandbeck says you can have a beautiful garden and have time to enjoy it.

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Garden Guru

Green grass at last, but there are weeds to contend with as well. Get your garden chore lists and questions ready for Midmorning's Garden Guru.

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Birds of the Refuge

The Upper Mississippi Wildlife Refuge is a rich resource for birds. Hundreds of bird species use the Mississippi and the wetlands that border it to nest and rest on their migratory way.

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Garden guru

The Garden Guru returns to answer your early spring gardening questions.

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The best and worst cars, trucks, and SUVs

From St. Paul to Minneapolis, consumers have made the Ford F-Series pickup truck the best-selling vehicle in the Twin Cities. The F-Series has actually been the best-selling vehicle nationwide for 21 years running. Consumers can see the all-new 2004 Ford F-150 for the first time at this year's Greater St. Paul & Minneapolis Auto Show in Minneapolis, which runs March 15 through March 23 at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Which cars and trucks rate best on safety? Gas mileage? Where do the SUVs fall? We'll hear the lastest news from the auto industry, and find out what to expect at the Auto Show.

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