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Tales from Titchmarsh

Most accidents, they tell us, happen in the home, and that presumably includes the garden. But then, when you think about the implements and chemicals that are available to the home gardener, it is astonishing that so many of us survive into middle age.

This was brought home to me recently when, raising a glass with a friend, I noticed that the tip of his middle finger had no nail. And then I remembered the argument he had had with

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