Anna Pavord: "Time to get planting for spring"

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By early August, the seedpods of the species tulips are ripe to gather. They are beautifully made, triangular in outline, with the seeds stacked up like Pringles in the three chambers into which each seedpod is divided. No computer could have come up with a design so efficient. In fact, I lost faith in computers as design tools when we were putting in the kitchen of our new house.










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