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What's growing at the abbey, May 2, 2009

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A green exuberance returns to the area around the house which a year ago was bare after the elderly pine trees were removed.

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The garlic bed

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The chickens are growing a new set of feathers and look pretty ratty at the moment.

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“Knockout” roses

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Blackberry blooms

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Carnations

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Purslane, to be eaten for its omega-3

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A deciduous magnolia in a sea of fescue. At the bottom of the sea of fescue is a layer of clover.

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Red clover

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A day lily strains to get its head above a sea of fescue.

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Catnip, which grew from last year’s roots

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A baby apple tree inside its deer cage

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A day lily, which somehow survived the ditch witch when the water pipe was buried

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The magnolia grandiflora puts out new growth.

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A vegetable bed, just getting started

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