10 garden cleanup tips, chocolate chip cookies, how to save seeds

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Daily Newsletter for Tuesday, September 4, 2018

purple grapes on vine

September fattens on vines. Roses
flake from the wall. The smoke
of harmless fires drifts to my eyes.

This is plenty. This is more than enough.

–Geoffrey Hill (1932–2016)
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
 247th day of the year


Damon Wayans (actor) was born on this day in 1960.
Joan Rivers (comedienne) died on this day in 2014.
 
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10 Garden Cleanup Tips

 10 Fall Cleanup Tips for a Better Spring Garden
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