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Gainesville Jaycees, Eagle Scout add to growing garden at Georgia Mountain Food Bank
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Packs of zucchini seeds sit out as members of the Gainesville Jaycees prepare garden beds Tuesday night at the Georgia Mountain Food Bank. The Jaycees planted a variety of vegetables this year, including carrots, squash, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, corn and peppers. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Members of the Gainesville Jaycees turned over dirt, cleared away grass growing in the raised beds and began reading directions and planting seeds in the garden Tuesday at Georgia Mountain Food Bank. Three new raised beds and three shorter beds are for vegetables, and a higher enclosure helps ensure the vegetables will have a chance to grow rather than be nibbled by deer and other wildlife. The Jaycees planted the vegetables for the third year — and they have the larger and better garden “plot” because of an Eagle Scout project by a North Gwinnett teenager.