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Chris Hardie For Agri-View
Apr 26, 2026
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A brush and leaf pile grows as work to clean underneath a maple tree progresses.

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Leaves from the maple tree fill the back of Chris Hardie’s pickup.

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Chris Hardie’s hosta bed enjoys a summer rain storm.

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Chris Hardie For Agri-View

Wisconsinites know the change of seasons on the calendar doesn’t always square with Mother Nature’s timetable. We can go from winter to spring to summer back to winter in the span of a few days or even hours.

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Chris Hardie and his wife, Sherry, live on his great-grandparents’ Jackson County farm. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 2001, he is a former member of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council and past president of the Wisconsin Newspaper Association. His book “Back Home: Country Tales by the Seasons” is available through Amazon.