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    A Gardener’s Miscellany

    Mar 29, 2022 4 minutes

    This week it’s:

    April and Fools

    We take a look at the month of April and April Fools

    THIS Friday is 1 April – and you know what that means! Traditionally on this day, people will play harmless pranks on others, before gleefully announcing “April Fool!” Custom has it that the prank-playing should cease at noon, after which time it is no longer acceptable. Anyone playing a prank after midday is considered the ‘April Fool’ themselves.

    But how did this all start – and what connections, if any, exist with plants and gardening? Let’s find out…

    ◼ In , T.S. Eliot wrote: ‘April is the cruellest month’. As gardeners

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