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Article: GARDEN, BACK YARD ARE GOING SWIMMINGLY.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- April 10, 1998
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Byline: Jo-Ann Clegg
I put on my hip boots, headed out into the back yard and began my spring gardening last week. Neither I nor the back yard is a pretty sight. It doesn't take much to make me look like a peasant. Hip boots will do it every time. It takes a lot to make my back yard look like anything. I can tell you already that this year, it's not going to happen.
First, there's the moisture. I heard this morning that there has has been an extra 10 inches of rain so far this year, about double the normal amount. I know exactly where that 10 inches is sitting. In my back yard. I know that because I found the Tidy Bowl man kayaking through my azalea ...