{"version":"1.0.0","segments":[{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":5.19,"endTime":8.19,"body":"Welcome back to the"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":5.19,"endTime":8.19,"body":"Tuesday edition of the Garden"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":8.19,"endTime":12.69,"body":"Basics with Farmer Fred podcast."},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":8.19,"endTime":12.69,"body":"Unlike the Friday edition, we're"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":12.69,"endTime":15.84,"body":"dedicating the Tuesday podcast"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":12.69,"endTime":15.84,"body":"to answering your garden"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":15.84,"endTime":19.65,"body":"questions. Stay tuned to find"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":15.84,"endTime":19.65,"body":"out how you can get your garden"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":19.65,"endTime":23.64,"body":"question into the program. 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Money heals all wounds."},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1228.499,"endTime":1232.634,"body":"All right, anything else to save"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1232.7,"endTime":1234.079,"body":"Terry some time here?"},{"speaker":"Debbie Flower","startTime":1234.31,"endTime":1236.44,"body":"Boy, nothing that"},{"speaker":"Debbie Flower","startTime":1234.31,"endTime":1236.44,"body":"I can think of off the top of my"},{"speaker":"Debbie Flower","startTime":1236.44,"endTime":1236.95,"body":"head."},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1237.07,"endTime":1239.8,"body":"Then going back to"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1237.07,"endTime":1239.8,"body":"your right plant, right place"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1239.8,"endTime":1244.93,"body":"thing, too, is don't experiment"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1239.8,"endTime":1244.93,"body":"more than your tried and true"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1244.93,"endTime":1247.12,"body":"garden. 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It's amazing"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1265.3,"endTime":1269.11,"body":"how that works. So Terry, I hope"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1269.38,"endTime":1273.16,"body":"that information helps, and we"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1269.38,"endTime":1273.16,"body":"can save you some time in the"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1273.16,"endTime":1274.6,"body":"garden. Thanks, Debbie."},{"speaker":"Debbie Flower","startTime":1274.72,"endTime":1275.59,"body":"You're welcome"},{"speaker":"Debbie Flower","startTime":1274.72,"endTime":1275.59,"body":"Fred."},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1284.03,"endTime":1286.73,"body":"Want to leave us a"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1284.03,"endTime":1286.73,"body":"garden question, you'll find a"},{"speaker":"Farmer Fred","startTime":1286.73,"endTime":1291.47,"body":"link at Gardenbasics.net. 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