and we're going to wrap up the show in our last 10 or 12 minutes by opening up

the phones for a very different kind of local news. It's the news from your

garden report. Yes we want to hear how your crops are doing and by crops I mean

whatever you're growing to eat on no matter how small the scale. So whether you

have acres to tend and yes any farmers listening we're inviting you right now

or if you just have a tomato plant on the terrace tell us about this summer's

produce. How did the food items in your garden do this year and have you been

seeing longer term changes in the last decade or more perhaps due to climate

change. 212433 WNYC 2124339692 we heard earlier in the show about how hot

this summer was and we're getting a little bit of that today but climate

change isn't only about heat it's also about changing patterns that could

affect when things ripen or whether they do it all. So what did you see where

you are? Is the corn as high as an elephant's eye as the song goes? Did the

lettuce melt in the field from dampness as one farm report put it in his

report to CSA customers recently? Did anyone get really good strawberries this

summer? Let's hear from you in New York City the suburbs and the farms east end

of Long Island South Jersey Hudson Valley or points north what's your

hyper local farm report 212433 WNYC? That's 2124339692 how did the food

items in your garden do this year and have you been seeing longer term

changes over the years 212433 WNYC we've done callins before as you know on

this show many of you to hear the news from your block or the news from your

home country if you're an immigrant today it's the news from your vegetable

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