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by Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Organic horticulturist Donna LaPre’s vision for plantings at the new Sperryville Turn Lane have become a reality despite the multi-pronged attack of weather, highway fumes, errant tires, and road litter.
Perhaps it is incorrect to call these turn lane improvements simply “plantings”-they might be better referred to as “ecosystem creations,” and their tolerance to conditions unkind may be directly attributable to the fact that, hard by the highway, Donna has developed a home for a largely native collection of flora and fauna.
It’s worth a look, down on hands and knees, to see what has transpired on and in that little piece of earth. Starting with wellconditioned and mulched soil, Donna invited
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