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Give two dozen 7- and 8-year-old boys a big old plot of dirt and they know exactly what to do with it. Make mud!
Full Story published 8/1/2001
The odds were stacked against the Congregational Church of Batavia. It is, after all, a little difficult to have a garden without dirt. Or sun. Or gardeners.
Full Story published 8/1/2001
Eight-year-old boys love to play in the dirt. They may not think so much about feeding the hungry, but if it involves getting their clothes dirty, they're all for it.
Full Story published 8/1/2001
Larry Grabowski "did his own thing" for years when it came to spreading around the extra zucchini his garden invariably produced. No, he didn't leave them on neighbors' - or strangers' - doorsteps at 3 a.m.
Full Story published 8/1/2001
In a perfect world, Keller's Farm Stand would pick just enough corn each day to sell without any leftover waste.
Full Story published 8/1/2001
The tomatoes came in late. The season was sprinkled with excessive heat as well as unseasonably cold weather. And rain was either in abundance or nowhere to be found. In the end, though, gardeners came through for Plant a Row for the Hungry.
Full Story published 8/1/2001

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