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    Letters to Wendy

    Mar 17, 2020 3 minutes

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    Organising pots is costly!

    WITH storm Ciara raging away, and too cold and wet to garden, I thought I would do that job we all put off – washing pots and seed trays.

    As brave as I am, the thought of cold water and 60mph winds didn’t make this chore any easier. So inside they came, several bin bags of assorted plastic, all encrusted in various combinations of wet and dry mud, mould, etc. Several hours later, and the kitchen looks like

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