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    February 8, 2019
    Sweet peas. Wikimedia Commons / Special to The Forum
    Fielding Questions: Growing sweet peas, holiday cactus dropping stem pads and more
    Q: I’ve tried growing sweet pea flowers, but by the middle of summer the vines turn brown and begin to die before many flowers are produced....
    lifestyle/home-and-gardenFebruary 8, 2019 - 3:06pm
    Tammy Swift, columnist. The Forum
    Swift: Cold enough for ya? A beginner's guide to winter in North Dakota
    FARGO -- So it’s your first winter in North Dakota. Ever since you moved here, people have been talking about The Winter. They say it as if...
    lifestyle/familyFebruary 8, 2019 - 11:47am
    February 7, 2019
    North Dakota winner Lucas Hankey. Courtesy photo / Bonnie Plants
    Growing Together: Local students win scholarships for growing the best cabbage
    FARGO -- Wouldn’t it be brilliant if there was a school program that successfully encouraged kids to explore gardening, energized them to work...
    lifestyle/home-and-gardenFebruary 7, 2019 - 3:37pm
    February 6, 2019
    Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders columnist. Special to The Forum
    Bursack: Stroke damage prevents carpenter from doing home projects
    Dear Carol: My husband’s an experienced carpenter, so there’s rarely been a house problem that he couldn’t fix. Now that’s changed because...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:42pm
    Jessie Veeder, Coming Home columnist.
    Veeder: Dear husband, I love you
    Dear Husband, I’m writing this at naptime because I have a moment, and I’m worried when I try to say it I’ll get interrupted for a snack...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 6, 2019 - 2:33pm
    February 5, 2019
    North Dakota's spring wild turkey season opens Saturday, April 13, and the deadline to apply for a license is midnight Feb. 13. (Photo/ N.D. Game and Fish Department)
    Doug Leier: Spring wild turkey season offers hope of warmer days on the horizon
    Looking for a sign of spring? For some, it will be hearing the official opening of the spring snow goose conservation season; others will note...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 5, 2019 - 9:47am
    February 4, 2019
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Kindness is Contagious: Kindness leaves us feeling loved
    Andy Smallman is a go-getter. He’s a teacher, and when he realized he didn’t like the way schools were educating students, he started a new...
    lifestyle/familyFebruary 4, 2019 - 1:38pm
    February 3, 2019
    Scott Jensen of Grand Forks completed the Arrowhead 135 race on his fat-tire bike in a time of 24 hours, 50 minutes. He crossed the finish line near Tower, Minn., shortly before 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 29. (Photo courtesy of Scott Jensen)
    BRAD DOKKEN COLUMN: Polar vortex can't keep GF fat bike enthusiast from finishing another Arrowhead 135 race
    Scott Jensen admits he was nervous going into this year's Arrowhead 135 winter race in northeast MInnesota, given all the hoopla about the dreaded...
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 3, 2019 - 8:40am
    Illustration by Mike Jacobs
    ALWAYS IN SEASON/ MIKE JACOBS: New tech tricks track snowy owls
    Probably no creature is as emblematic of snow and cold as the snowy owl. For centuries, this owl has been regarded as a sure sign of winter weather....
    sports/outdoorsFebruary 3, 2019 - 6:51am
    February 1, 2019
    Carol Bradley Bursack, Minding Our Elders columnist. Special to The Forum
    Bursack: Dig deep to find source of pain for mother with dementia
    Dear Carol: My mom was recently diagnosed with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s. She’s become increasingly confused when she tries to explain...
    opinion/columnsFebruary 1, 2019 - 6:49pm
    The choice of pot types greatly affects houseplant health. David Samson / The Forum
    Growing Together: What's the best pot (for houseplants)?
    There was a time when pot was either a container in which you made soup or grew flowers. It’s wise to choose our words more carefully now....
    lifestyle/home-and-gardenFebruary 1, 2019 - 3:39pm
    A reader asks if this old Christmas cactus should be repotted or left alone. Special to The Forum
    Fielding Questions: Repotting a huge Christmas cactus, pruner types and how to add holes to flowerpots
    Q: The Christmas cactus I inherited from my mom is 3 feet across. It’s quite uneven, short on the back side due to its previous growing conditions...
    lifestyle/home-and-gardenFebruary 1, 2019 - 3:22pm
    Jessie Veeder, Coming Home columnist.
    Veeder: Puking toddler waits for no queasy mom
    WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- You guys, this winter is getting to me. And even though the wind is blowing 65 mph outside my windows, shaking this house...
    lifestyle/familyFebruary 1, 2019 - 10:37am
    Tammy Swift, columnist. The Forum
    Swift: The fax of life: '90s technology doesn't hold up in high-speed world
    FARGO -- I don’t remember how I spent most of the '90s. I think much of that decade was spent trying to get Drew Barrymore’s haircut, pretending...
    lifestyle/familyFebruary 1, 2019 - 10:15am
    January 31, 2019
    Nicole Phillips, Kindness is Contagious columnist.
    Kindness is Contagious: Carry encouraging words everywhere you go
    Have you felt it? That overwhelming need to dispose of all clutter now that the holidays are over? I’ve cleaned out one closet and have about...
    opinion/columnsJanuary 31, 2019 - 5:22pm
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