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who out there has a garden going? I know some of you are big time farm guys, how they doing this year? I did my first garden this year and have really enjoyed it, something to keep me occupied that gets me outdoors and holds me over till deer season. Starting to wreak the benefits of the fresh veggies this week with Zucchini, tomatoes, beans and peas...

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Yep I put a fair size garden in this year. Think its 20x8. Have green and yellow beans, green and red peppers, jalapeños, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots and onions. It's doing very well. Have had just the right amount of rain. Looks like everything will yield a lot! Looking forward to fresh yellow beans.... mmmm my favourite!!

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Been a wet and cool Summer so far here .... I keep 2 veggie patches and they are both off to a very slow start. Only the past few days have been warm ... don't think we've hit 90 at all yet. Haven't even gotten a pea yet, and something chewed the beans right down to the stem. Grrrrr. I plant tomatoes in the front yard, they get full sun there, they are finally looking good! I like to keep it simple, and relatively small. Usually grow a couple varieties of tomatoes, cukes, peas, string beans, carrots and some lettuce. It's amazing how much we can get from 2 small patches! The kids really get a kick out of it.

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One thing thats is really popular here are local Farmers Markets. There are 3 or 4 great ones close by, the "localvore" movement is booming. We get tons of local produce and support local growers at the same time. The markets themselves are quite the scene ... live music, fresh baked goods, hot coffee. We usually go for breakfst as often as we can.

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We have a 1/4 acre garden on the small farm my wife bought last year. Hasn't done too bad lots of green beans, cucumbers, andd squash. Tomoatoes, peppers, watermelon, pumpkins, and other things on the way. The fields and garden along with all the fruit trees have kept me busy.

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Some good looking gardens. We moved this year so this is the first time in a little while I've not been able to put one in for lack of time. Will do next year.

On the other hand the boy and his grandma put one in up at the house and it is doing very good. Have gotten a lot of beans and peppers and some tomatos so far. Everything else is doing pretty well to. Should have corn coming off here at some point and some melons.

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