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Georgia man uses a new 'mater method
Doc Skelton changes strategy, grows more tomatoes this year
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Dr. C.B. Skelton, or “Doc,” is in his third consecutive year of tomato-growing, but this year he tried a new method. Now, his plants are thriving better than previous years. His great-granddaughter, Ashton Locke, made a sign for his garden. - photo by Bonny Harper
A handmade sign on the metal fence surrounding Dr. C.B. Skelton’s tomato plants reads “Doc ‘n’ Fran’s ‘Mater Farm.” Ashton Locke made the sign for her great-grandfather. Skelton, or “Doc,” as most know him, is in his third consecutive year of tomato-growing, but this year he’s doing things a little differently.