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Gardening:
The garden of the rural cottager has always
been one of informality, combining need with pleasure.
Whilst colourful flowers, always important to the cottage dweller, were
haphazard in their planting, vegetables were grown in ordered rows. Edibles
were grown, not only for the cottagers's own table but also to be sold
as a means of supplementing his income. The garden was not solely inhabited
by plants, for the keeping of bees, and sometimes pigs were once a common
sight in the cottage garden. The cottage garden provided the opportunity
for the annual village show to develop, with every keen gardener hoping
their produce would scoop the top prize.
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