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The best fruit hangs over the fence!

Life threw me a curve ball some years ago, forcing me to move temporarily into a granny flat with a very neglected garden. Just like any gardener in the same boat would do, I tried desperately to find comfort in any plant, which in this case was an old and gnarled avocado pear tree growing against a high vibacrete fence in a narrow passage opposite the back door of the flat.

The squat little tree looked awful, sprouting thin branches from the deep grooves in its bark. Its sparse leaves

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