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mrtoad_gw

an old wives tale - maybe - hopefully not

17 years ago

somewhere along the way i picked up this strange fact - "sunflower hulls from the bird-feeder will poison the ground underneath the feeder" - is there truth to this?

thanks

mr toad

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