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A garden takes on the imprint of its creator

A few days before Christmas, a friend hunted me down to give me a packet of seeds. It was not a Christmas gift per se -- I knew that it was coming -- but it was welcome. Ann Long had gotten this seed from a dear friend and mentor of mine, Flora Ann Bynum, who passed away a few years ago.

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