Article: Of gardens seeds, and sunburn.(PRACTICE MANAGEMENT)

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Living in South Texas has some advantages. There are still places you can go where you do not have to see anyone for hours, sometimes days. I have staked out 10 acres of my own that I refer to as a ranchito (small ranch). There are those who have purchased an acre outside the city limits and have called it a ranch. It is not uncommon for goats and chickens to suddenly appear on these parcels of wild frontier and for people to talk about "going to the ranch and letting go." This type of "roughing it" seems to meet some basic nature in humans. I personally blame my father; he got me started with a small garden of corn, tomatoes, lettuce, ...

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