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How's your garden doing?

"How's your garden doing?"

That's usually the first thing I hear when I see my aunt and uncle from the southern part of the state. I don't have to ask "which garden" because I know they are asking about my vegetable garden.

They also have a vegetable garden.

We compare notes. They plant their garden earlier, usually by several weeks. Then they often use a hotbed to get a jump on the season