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Labour of love

arch winds, April showers, bring forth May flowers is a proverb known to every English gardener as well as many schoolchildren. It reminds us of the passing of the cold season and the anticipation of brighter, cheerful things to come. It also reminds us (or at least the some of us who take a peculiar interest in

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