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VOLUME 14
CONTENTS NOTEBOOK
Lovely gate design wins award
The magic of mint: pain relief from a garden product
Good canna and bad
GARDENS The wonders of beekeeping
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National Garden Day established 4 Rockway Botanical Garden
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Gardening works it’s magic again 7 Ask Dr. Tree
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What’s new, what’s hot for 2014 12 Let’s help save the monarch butterfly
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We investigate the troubled monarch butterfly and see what we can do to help. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.
Pruning fruit trees
Rain, rain, don’t go away! Making a knot garden
Five stunning spring plants The ultimate shed
DEPARTMENTS Classifieds
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