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4 comments:
Fun book!
What kind of root is that? Amazing that it grew so long in a pot!
Yay! Thank you! You just made my day. I'm really looking forward to reading this book. Can't wait to curl up on the sofa with a cup of hot tea and dig in:) Thanks again.
Congratulations Steph!
It as an agave that I picked up in Phoenix. It is a wicked plant with very thin leaves and razor sharp spines. It was in a tiy ppot. I cut off the root and repotted it and it is so happy. I can be very cruel to my plants.
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