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Old 07-07-2007, 10:37 PM
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Default Remember my curious cucumber?
Well you were all right!

Here it is...

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I'm still proud

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Old 08-07-2007, 12:28 AM
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Nice one Witch. So you can't eat it, but it is highly ornamental.
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Ah, but you could collect the seeds (if the birds don't get them first).
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Ah, but you could collect the seeds (if the birds don't get them first).
I shall collect a few seeds for next year, but the heads will be fed to the birds anyway

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What a lovely sunflower! wish I could grow one they always break.
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Well, it's healthy - that's all you can ask for your babies!
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Gosh - what a lovely cucumber....... sorry! sunflower! Bernie
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