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The new garden

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07 May 2006
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2006-05-07

We wanted more garden space, so here it is: right in the front yard.

It is NOT easy cutting out grass. But I probably saved a summer’s worth of weeding by getting rid of it. The soil is so compact, and it’s going to need a lot of peat moss and topsoil before we plant.

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