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Gardening in Arkansas Teaches Hal Boyle Hard Labor
Hal Boyle describes vacation gardening with a shovel and overalls, detailing backbreaking days digging and planting vegetables and ornamentals in a sunlit backyard, noting achy joints, slow muscles, and the hope for fresh produce tempered by fear of chemical pesticides. He plants beans tomatoes squash okra lettuce pepper and flowers while using marigolds and moth balls to deter pests, then contemplates future reliance on chemicals.
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C. G. McDaniel
Chicago