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35. Wander the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall with Tim Smit

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Exploring a Garden of Exotic Fruits

The chapter delves into exploring a variety of fruits and vegetables in a garden setting, focusing on rare pear varieties, unique melon-like fruits, and discussions on strawberries, tastes, and propagation methods. The speakers engage in whimsical banter about a surprise melon discovery, tasting a cucumber, and the historical use of greenhouses in Cornwall for growing pineapples, melons, and cucumbers. The conversation is light-hearted and humorous, touching on topics of manure pits, award-winning pineapples, and biological controls for pests.

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