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    Fruit: how to have LOTS

    Feb 14, 2018 3 minutes

    JACKIE FRENCH is the author of The Chook Book (Aird Books). Her oldest chook, Gertie, is now 17. Although Gertie’s sisters have all long since fallen off the perch, Gertie still lays extremely large brown eggs most days of the year. Get in touch with Jackie via facebook.com/jackie frenchauthor, twitter.com/jackie_ french and Instagram.com/Jackie_french

    Decades ago, when I was young, I had afternoon tea with an elderly neighbour and her friends. They were reminiscing about the days of plenty — tomatoes so plentiful they were used to make jam (which tastes vaguely like peach jam, and

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