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The elder tree

On October 20, 2025 By charlotte rixonIn environment, fiction, folklore, gardening, nature & wildlife, treescapes1 Comment

Photo by Andrea Paz on Pexels.com Once there was a woman who could never get green things to grow, no matter how hard she tried. Each spring, she would sow seeds she had gathered in the autumn. Her pockets and bags bulged with little zip-lock plastic bags; the kinds that had once contained screws, sequins, …

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