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Man,
oh man, it’s hot. The water situation is awful. It rains somewhere in
Alabama every day. It doesn’t rain in the same place twice and certainly
not for very long. It’s so dry here that my Echinacea is withering, and
that is a drought tolerant plant.
The
other day I decided to pull some weeds. I had to water the weeds before
they would turn loose from the ground. After pulling weeds, my Lisa
announced she was going out of town for a few days. I said ok and gave her
a goodbye hug and she said, "Whoa! You’re too hot to hug!"
I
took that as a compliment and wrote a song and this article. The song will
be available by Christmas, hopefully!
There
are a lot of things going on around the state in August that are gardening
related. Here’s the calendar of events for the Home Grown Tomatoes
coverage area.
August
19th, "Tomato Sandwich Day" at the Decatur Farmers Market! The
Home Grown Tomatoes Team will be there; broadcasting live from 6 till 8
a.m. and then we’ll be serving up some of the finest home grown tomato
sandwiches you’ve ever eaten! Come early and spend the day with us at
the Decatur Farmers Market!
August
26th, Family and Friends Festival at the Alabama Farmers Market on Finley
Avenue in Birmingham. Bring your home grown tomatoes to be entered into
the tomato contests (Best Tasting and Heaviest Tomato). Commissioner of
Agriculture and Industries Ron Sparks will be our guest chef and we’ll
be grillin’ some tomatoes and rabbit! It’ll be lots of fun for all
ages and it’s free! I’ll see you there!
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