Plant of the week

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For my birthday, in December, some friends gave me a chili bush, which comes in very useful when the food here needs a bit of spicing up!!!


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Anonymous said…
have sent a few spices for you, but someone else obviously needs them more than you,hope they enjoy them. xx
6 May 2012 at 04:37
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