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Welcome to August!
August is full of fresh veggies and sun filled afternoons. We hope you are taking full advantage of the late summer produce by visiting your local farmers market. This month we have tips on how to keep that summer garden full of life, a conversation with the lady behind Knoxville's premier farmers market and some low tech plants that serve some high tech functions. Pour yourself a tall glass of sweet tea, and read on.
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Cultivation Meets Urbanization
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Tune in to this month's TN Magic Moments podcast for a sit-down chat with Charlotte Tolley, Executive director and leader of the Market Square Farmers' Market in downtown Knoxville. Join us, as we highlight the progressive and preservative efforts of the landmark, rural market that just so happen to make its way downtown. Listen now.
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Agriculture making headlines
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"I find that the spring garden can put on a glorious show almost without my help," says gardener, Allen Smith. "I have a few favorite perennials and some companion shrubs that never disappoint in my zone 8A garden such hostas, peonies, iris , reblooming hydrangeas, and double flowering peony daylilies provide elements of textural contrast and pops of color that are hard to beat. Peonies, lilacs, daffodils and tulips easily make a spectacle of themselves. I do my best to offer a little direction and advice, but those early plants are scene stealers that do a good job of shining bright on their own." Allen's FIVE strategies for maintaining your beauitful, summer garden. »
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Smokin’ Joe’s Food Products, Gypsy Circus Cider, and Royal Relish Chow Chow are the official winners of the 2018 Pick Tennessee Products Tradeshow. Many other exhibitors went home feeling like winners as well, having met and even struck deals with major Tennessee retailers.
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