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VOLUME 16 CONTENTS


NOTEBOOK Wood duck project


The magic of mint: pain relief from a garden product


Good canna and bad


GARDENS The wonders of beekeeping


Let’s help save the monarch butterfly


Pruning fruit trees


Rain, rain, don’t go away! Making a knot garden


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9 What’s new, what’s hot for 2014 12


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We investigate the troubled monarch butterfly and see what we can do to help. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.


Five stunning spring plants The ultimate shed


DEPARTMENTS Classifieds


Give them a gift that keeps on ticking... give them a watch from Stewart’s Horology!


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