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Winter Gardening

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3. These bright winter flowers come in many colours. 4. A popular green vegetable that grows in winter. 6. Slimy creatures that live in the garden and eat holes in leaves. 8. What compost turns into. A healthy, dark coloured soil has lots of it! 10. A type of tree that drops all its leaves in winter.

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1. It’s a fruit and a colour! 2. It’s good for you, has a strong smell and you plant it in winter. 3. Small green veges that roll around your plate! They grow inside

a pod on a plant that climbs. 5. Rake them up to make compost for your garden. 7. Another name for silver beet (Hint: look on page 4). 9. Spread this on your garden keep your soil healthy and moist.