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Poetry in poo

here is a hibernating hedgehog in the day-lily patch here at Lush Places. I came across its nest while clearing the patch, which was one task on the very long list that putting the garden to bed for the winter involves. In Auckland, which doesn’t have seasons, just higher or slightly lower levels of humidity, the garden never hibernated. It just went boringly on and on. I had, in my Mt

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