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My New Passion : Gardening!

Old friends would gasp in amazement if they knew that I was now interested in gardening.  And if you had told me two years ago that this would happen, I'd have gasped louder. But then here I am, wrist deep in black earth, getting all excited at the sight of earthworms... did you know that earthworms improve the soil?  Well, I have a lot of clay soil to be improved... Actually I got into this out of necessity.  After getting a headache trying to get pesticide-free veg and looking at the prices rising around me AND reading up about the crazy things going on in and outside Malaysia, I decided to start planting my own vegetables.  A) I'd know for sure I'm eating pesticide-free greens.  B) I'd defray some of the cost of feeding my family.  C) I'd not die straight away if the shops closed for weeks.  Don't laugh...I'm deadly serious.  The Tanduo Lahad Datu scare was no joke and spending four days in Tawau just before the holidays opened my eyes real big.  (Hin