My garden champions

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I just finished washing my bees.

Well, to be more precise, I rinsed the mud off their cocoons, and then I put the clean, dried cocoons into the fridge to wait for spring.

My planter garden, right in the core of a major North American city, includes six apple trees. Thanks to grafting, these trees produce a total of seven varieties of apples, ranging from the spring’s first early…