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Contents Local Dirt


VOLUME 14 ISSUE #5, 2016


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Spring primula. Cover photo by Dorothy Dobbie.


Columns What we love this season The talkative blue jay


Mitey problems: Spider mites


Gardening with kids: Making a terrarium


Garden Market Classifieds


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