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Gardening

bhikkhu

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4. Of course you need to figure the climate you're in

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 25, 2023, 11:03 PM

Nov 2023

and where I live we get snow, and the growing season is short. But still it's so worth it to raise a garden. it gives you roots, it wakes you up to the environment you live in, one way or another. "Breaking even" is banker talk, that shouldn't even be in any sentence about having a garden.

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