Article by Jan Green

WE’VE BEEN ROBBED-tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, luffa, figs, and more! We were robbed of the opportunity to grow produce for those in need. . And we know exactly who the culprit was. I believe you know him as well. This is not the first time we’ve had to deal with him. Every year about this time, we fear that old man winter will make an ever so brief visit early in the season, killing plants, forcing us to strip all of our produce prematurely. Sometimes it’s just the fear of the forecast. We strip the produce just in case it gets as cold as predicted. Some people like green tomatoes, so off they come. Peppers don’t have to grow to the big grocery store size to be flavorful, so off they come as well. If it does get as cold as predicted, well it just takes one c

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