Potatoes, bananas, beans & flowers

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Potatoes are going crazy, I have pinto beans coming up, the squash & zucchini plants made it through last nights storm and onions and garlic look good.

Never thought I'd find gardening to be enjoyable but I'm liking this.
 
I found bananas on sale, I'm going to try out the old dehydrator and see how well it works.

 

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