Dakota Gardener: The days are getting longer

Nature in the harsh winter offers a lesson in perseverance

It’s been a tough winter on my spruce trees, and we’re only in December!

The heavy snow and high winds have pulled a lot of needles and smaller twigs from the trees. It doesn’t help that, when I clear the driveway with the snowblower, the spruce trees are right where I aim the chute.

But these trees will endure, as they do every winter.

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