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New York Knicks player Amar’e Stoudemire will trade a basketball for a garden hoe in the off-season.

The 7-foot center just bought a 190-acre farm in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, closing on the deal two weeks ago.

We’re told he hasn’t planned what he’ll harvest on the land or if he’ll build a larger home on the property. But Stoudemire bought the place so his family and kids can get together on the weekends, we’re told.

He talks about the farm on a new MSG show “In the Kitchen With,” hosted by Jill Martin, which launches on Feb. 7.

Stoudemire and his personal chef, Max Hardy, are coming out with a book on May 27, “Cooking With Amar’e — 100 Easy Recipes for Pros and Rookies in the Kitchen.”