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By Lyle Hillyard
Gardener

I have been out of town for several days and could not believe my eyes when I saw my garden yesterday. It seems like once the irrigation begins, the garden grows up by the day. My strawberries are about done, as is the rhubarb. The potatoes have blossoms and that usually means that I can dig new potatoes. That will be the project this week. The peas are in pod so creamed peas and new potatoes will soon be on the table.

The reality of living in “cold” Cache Valley came home on the 4th of July which we spent at our daughter’s home in Centerville. Their garden is months ahead of ours. They even have tomatoes soon to be ripe and ours haven’t even begun to bloom. We trade our new potatoes and raspberries for their tomatoes and cucumbers. This year with food prices and the concern about shipping costs, we may find ourselves thankful for what we have produced and maybe willing to eat of potatoes and carrots that we dig up under the snow and leaves and not be so dependent on the food in the grocery store that is shipped in from Chile.

Call me next March if you run out of food.

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