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Grow your own THE NATURE PARADISE

It’s my favourite time of year: high summer, when the days are long and warm, and the wildlife in my garden is at its annual peak of activity. The lavender and catmint are in full bloom and busy with slender brown honeybees, clumsy, furry and colourful bumblebees, yellow-and-black metallic hoverflies and, every now and then, the blur of a hummingbird hawkmoth, long tongue extended, dashing from flower to flower.

My garden may not be the tidiest; the lawn is a little shaggier than some might like, but it’s full

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