
A love affair with conifers
Nothing is so quintessentially winter in Minnesota as snow on pines. Sharon Quale’s garden, just on the outskirts of Eagle Bend, is a series of picture perfect postcards, especially in winter when a dusting of white punches up the contrast on her collection of conifers. Sharon’s collection has 80 specimens representing roughly 35 members of the conifer family. Situated on 10 acres overlooking a rolling pasture dotted with angus and holsteins, Sharon’s home and garden is an