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Break Up Your Fallow Ground: Blooming Where You're Planted and the Old, Good Ways of Home

Break Up Your Fallow Ground: Blooming Where You're Planted and the Old, Good Ways of Homeby: Sanda ValcuPublished on: 15/09/2026

Hosea 10:12 for the woman in a full season — why the fallow ground is your home, your street, your ordinary hands. Plus fall bed prep for Zone 9.

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Break Up Your Fallow Ground: Blooming Where You're Planted and the Old, Good Ways of Home

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