How broccoli saved the garden
The garden that I planted to heal my son, it seems, is filled to the brim with beautiful, heirloom, organic Josh poison.
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Schrodinger’s potatoes: lessons in not knowing
Potatoes are the Obi Wan Kenobi’s of the garden – master teachers to this student of gardening. Their lesson? The unknown.
Read MoreHow to catch beetles when you can’t bear to look
“Just ignore them. If you don’t pay any attention to them, they will loose interest and go away.” Mum’s advice on dealing with difficult kids was good. I followed it (a bit) and they did, eventually, go away (sometimes). But, it turns out, beetles did not go to the same school of fair play.
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