There’s something elegant about the first crop of the season, Asparagus. Still considered a gourmet item by the University of Minnesota’s Vegetable Crop Management because of its growing, harvesting and processing costs, asparagus is adaptable and thrives whether it’s grown in mild or colder temps, on the west or east coast.

What's happening at the State Capital? Newly elected Representative Yvonne Selcer (DFL) representing District 48A is all about working together Her most recent vote was to expand eligibility for Medical Assistance Programs, HF 9. 

Here's what it looked like Saturday night at the Eden Prairie Foundation's EP GIVES event at the historic Green Acres Barn in Eden Prairie.Saved from a wrecking ball by Steve Schussler, the refurbished barn is the new event center in the Southwest Minneapolis Metro.

Mary Becker Weber's Westdale Flowers Home & Garden Floral Designer

Not to be mistaken for Alice’s Wonderland, but just as wonderful, Weber's Westdale Flowers Home & Garden in Minnetonka is a specialty flower and garden center that's so warm and welcoming you are immediately enticed by the scents and colors of hundreds of flower varieties, and a greenhouse filled with exotic plants, home accessories, holiday decor and gifts galore. 

According to the Minnesota DNR Rainbow Trout can be found in the shallows at local lakes as early as April. Spring is the best time to catch them because of their close proximity to the shore. The DNR recommends using night crawlers for bait. Usually stocked in stream trout lakes designated for Rainbow Trout, the DNR says they're a great starter-fish for novice fisherman. 

Chamber Debate 2012 Photo Credit Victoria Pellar Price

Why is it that elected officials refuse to commit their positions on issues? 

Most of us wind up learning about how they did or didn’t vote from other sources, i.e. the Media, before we hear one iota, scintilla of an explanation, why for, from the men and women who are supposed to represent us.

Rabbit and The Queen of Hearts, Photo Credit CTC

$10 Ticket Program at Children’s Theatre Company Offers. Tony Award-Winning Theatre to All Twin Cities Families.Through this initiative tickets are available for every performance of every show of the regular theatre season starting at just $10, regardless of anticipated box office performance. According to Audience Services Manager Kristina Miller, “Since introducing the program CTC has welcomed over 8,000 patrons at the new $10 price point.” Over 2000 tickets were sold for the record-breaking 2012 production of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas at just $10 each. 

The second crop of the Minnesota Growing season is the green onion, or scallion, a member of the genus Allium. Here's an onion that has more names than you can shake-an-onion-stick-at, really. How about spring onions, table onions, green shallots, baby onions, long onions, precious onions, yard onions, gibbons, syboes an yes, even onion sticks..  

First light rail vehicle built for the Green Line  

Laura Baenen, Communications Manager of the Southwest LRT Project for the Metropolitan Council, says the first LRV undergoing clearance verification today is the Green Line. The light rail vehicle is making its inaugural appearance today on the Green Line (Central Corridor LRT), albeit not under its own power.A railcar mover that resembles a semitrailer cab is towing a new Green Line LRV at walking speed on the tracks from Minneapolis to the new operations and maintenance facility in St. Paul. The trip should take eight to 12 hours.The purpose is to verify clearance for the LRVs.