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Hey, you guys, and welcome to this week's edition of the pantry chat, food for thought.

This week, we are talking about the things that you can do right now if you missed the chance

to do some garden planning.

Maybe you missed the early season of gardening.

Maybe you feel like you're a little late to the game. Maybe you drop the ball a little bit.

Maybe you're looking at last year's garden and thinking, I still need to do the cleanup from last year.

And that's okay. There are things that you can still do right

now to get a great garden in. So we're going to be discussing those different things. But first of all,

let's jump into a question of the day. Let's see. Dwelling Wood 2 asks on our How to Make Butter Three

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