By Claire Jones
The Growing Growing titanic orbs or gourds is a competitive cut throat sport. As recently as 16 years ago, the heaviest (official) pumpkin weighed a mere 403 pounds. Now in 2015 the one ton mark has been surpassed. That is a lot of pumpkin, not to mention how do you move one that size?? With a …
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Either a strong design element or something that disappears into the background, fencing is important when designing a garden.
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