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November 17, 2014

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Rage amongst the swiss chard

A fabulously scary scarecrow in the veggie garden at Berowra Public School.
A fabulously scary scarecrow in the veggie garden at Berowra Public School.

This is what happens when you get schoolkids to grow spinach!

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Butterfly visiting a shallot flower – is it a cabbage white?
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