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🌱 How Alto’s Jaemor Farms is battling heat to grow 130 acres
Alto, Georgia Patch AM: a 3 min readHello again Alto! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Alto’s Jaemor Farms is battling heat to grow 130 acres
Today's riddle: What kind of shoes do frogs wear? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Saturday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 80 and low of 69 degrees.
- Sunday: Humid with a t-storm in spots, temps: high: 86, low: 66. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Mostly sunny and humid, with a high of 88 and low of 67 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• North Georgia Farmer Discusses Pumpkin Production in Southeast (specialtycropgrower.com) — Pumpkin season is ramping up at Jaemor Farms in Alto, where owner Drew Echols has planted about 130 acres despite intense heat and dry conditions. He describes how irrigation, drought, and pest pressures are shaping this year’s crop and why North Georgia’s weather makes pumpkin growing a constant balancing act. 
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BCES Open House
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Miles Through Time Automotive Museum, 583 Grant St, Clarkesville
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Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
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Habersham Ninth Grade Academy, 171 Raider Cir, Mt Airy
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5th Annual Golf Tournament- Rescheduled Date →
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Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
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Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
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Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
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Banks County High School, 1486-A Historic Homer Hwy, Homer
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Habersham Ninth Grade Academy, 171 Raider Cir, Mt Airy
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🗞 Nearby News
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- Habersham schools highlight mentoring, student success (nowgeorgia.com)
- Larry Wayne Riley (nowgeorgia.com)
Cleveland
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- Downed Tree Results In Major Power Outage In Cleveland (wrwh.com)
- Cleveland Woman Arrested After Break-In (wrwh.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Open-toad (Thank you Harold W. for sending it in!)
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