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Customersenjoyedstroll- ing through the Frontier Village Farmers Market Saturday under the newly hung shade cloth. It was at least 15 degrees cooler, with a nice breeze still coming through under the cloth. Tammy Chrisler, of Fly- ing T Ranch, said "It keeps my vegetables from wilting and I don't worry as much about my grass fed beef. Customers are staying lon- ger and chatting." Sandy Burkett, the mar- ket manager, said, "We will finish putting up more shade cloth but need to raise about $600 more to have enough." Burkett says that many people have generously been donating time and cash contributions to put the first shade cloth install- ment up. "We all come together and help each other at our market," she said. "It's a true community." Frontier Village Farmers Market runs year round, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Satur- day. EBT is accepted and the market has an EBT match program sponsored by CAA. FRONTIERVILLAGE Farmers market cooled by shade cloth COURTESYPHOTO A new shade cloth has been installed at the Frontier Village Farmers Market. Generous donations made shade possible Some years ago we decided to set out 18 tomato plants and — wouldn't you know it? — the area we chose for the garden was covered with millions of tiny weeds. Preparation of the soil appeared to be overwhelming. In a moment of amazing creativity, we decided to cover the area with an old piece of carpeting, weeds and all. We made 18 3-inch cross cuts, one for each plant. We lifted each cut, dug a hole beneath and set the plants. We had a very colorful tomato patch (the carpet was yellow), vig- orous plant growth and gorgeous easy-to-har- vest tomatoes. Even dur- ing dry months, our toma- toes grew and produced remarkable yields with hardly a weed. 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