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Calendar Confusion

High Plains Public Radio | By Skip Mancini

Published June 4, 2015 at 12:00 AM CDT

This spring's harvests of blooms and berries have really been a guessing game. A bin-buster harvest of strawberries came at least a month earlier than usual, along with irises. But normally plentiful peas and other cool-weather crops seem to playing a waiting game. I have to place the blame on an on-again-off-again winter weather season, but what else is new in our corner of the world.

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Years ago Skip Mancini left the rocky coast of Northern California to return to her roots in the heartland. Her San Francisco friends, concerned over her decision to live in a desolate flatland best known for a Hollywood tornado, were afraid she would wither and die on the vine. With pioneer spirit, Skip planted a garden. She began to learn about growing not only flowers and vegetables, but hearts and minds. If you agree that the prairie is a special place, we think you'll enjoy her weekly sojourns into Growing on the High Plains.

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