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Hey, you guys, it's Carolyn with homesteading family and welcome to this week's edition

of the pantry chat, food for thought.

This week, we're talking about the simple steps you can take to help avoid garden overwhelm. Yes, it's that time of year that the garden is starting

to take over our lives and it can really quickly feel like it's out of control and it's just

kind of this overwhelming monster. So there's some tried and true tips that I have found that really helped me to keep gardening

under control.

So it doesn't feel like it's running my life even in the middle of garden season.

So we'll be covering those tips and tricks today.

But first, let's jump in to a question of the day. Let's see.

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