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TO COAX A BOUNTIFUL GARDEN from the unyielding clay soils and extreme temperatures of western New South Wales is no easy feat. When Claire Austin was faced with that task in 2014, after moving with her husband, James, to his family property, the mixed farming business at Gin Gin Station near Trangie, she knew she’d need a little help.
“The house hadn’t been lived in for a while, and we had to start the garden from scratch,” recalls Claire,