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The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. it becomes an obsession.
-Phyllis McGinley
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The Trouble With Gardening Is That Is

Phyllis McGinley
The trouble with gardening is that is does not remain an avocation. it becomes an obsession.
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