Sparta NewsLocal news for Sparta, NC continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Way to Go, Ohio: Farmers markets forced to go farther for fullest pumpkins- October 15, 2007 There's a problem in the pumpkin patch.The ones growing on Doug Patterson's China Grove farm are 15 percent smaller than last year's. The Kings Drive Farmers Market had to call Ohio to find pumpkins with a real wow factor.Call it a Halloween trick from the drought.This year's rain shortfall has taken its toll on many state crops, and this fall's pumpkins are no different. Pumpkins are about 90 percent water, and the rain shortfall kept most from obtaining their proper girth.Pumpkins need a...http://www.topix.net/city/sparta-nc/2007/10/way-to-go-ohio-farmers-markets-forced-to-go-fa... Almost every mountain town has a literary connection- October 11, 2007 I have to make room for another book in the front seat of my car the next time I travel to the western part of North Carolina. via Asheville Citizen-Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/sparta-nc/2007/10/almost-every-mountain-town-has-a-literary-conn... |