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For others, homegrown vegetables simply taste better. We are a friendly group set up to help build connections, friendships and activities in the organic gardening community. Downsizing resulted in my giving this one away, and i have always regretted it. This can be like feeding depleted soil with composted plants or planting legumes to add nitrogen to an area that had been planted with a heavy feeder. Muchloved gardening presenter geoff hamilton has been honoured with the opening of a new flower border in his memory at the garden he founded, barnsdale gardens in rutland the geoff hamilton border.
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