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    The damp garden

    Mar 02, 2021 2 minutes

    LOVE at first sight may seem an extreme way to describe Jackie Candler’s reaction to an exuberant giant rhubarb, but she’s adamant that it was the clincher when she was looking to buy a new home in Wiltshire.

    Neither Jackie nor her husband Barry were perturbed by the thought that the presence of a indicated that they were taking on a garden that was prone to dampness, and

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