Labor Day has come and gone, School is back in session, and football season has started. It's fall in South Dakota , and you know what that means? It's time for break rooms across the state to be filled with garden overflow.

The bounty of the gardens that people have tended all summer is ready for harvest. That means we are now into "Hey, throw these vegetables away at your house, please" season.

Fall Garden Overflow in South Dakota

OK, maybe that's an exaggeration. I'll happily take all the tomatoes you want to give me. Bring in all the boxes of peppers that you feel bad letting rot on the vine. I'm ready to make some September Salsa.

But, please...please!...leave the zucchini at home.

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