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    Nov 30, 2018 2 minutes

    DESERT DISCOVERIES

    Upon retiring and moving to New Mexico, I still wanted to have my usual vegetable garden and bring life to our backyard. I started growing vegetables successfully with the help of aboveground irrigation tubing and by constantly adding compost to the soil. This past year, I yearned

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