My garden experienced a lot of growing pains this year, leaving me both perplexed and frustrated. My cole and cucumber plants were productive, and barring any late season storms or freezes, my corn and onions are doing well. But weather shenanigans have played havoc with my potatoes and peppers, two crops that have rarely given me much trouble.
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Laura Tonkyn has spent 40 years becoming as self-sufficient as possible with her jack-of-all-trades husband, Art, on their eight-acre homestead in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has written/edited for a number of local/regional papers, including the Rapid City Journal and Faces Magazine. Reach her at laura.tonkyn@gmail.com.
Laura Tonkyn
Tri-State Neighbor Columnist
