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What’s in your gardens this month?

May 28, 2024 . 1:00 PM

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Hellebores in April from Shannon Scott-Vernaglia

We asked you to send us photos of whatever’s growing in your garden, and then we got a slow start on posting them. But please do send some to editor@winchesternews.org and put “Garden Photo” in the subject line. Tell us what it is, for those of us who don’t know their peas from their petunias.

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