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Weed it & Reap: 7-16

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The Point Place home of Sue Carter and Mike Ferner features a wide array of native plants. Their property, which overlooks Lake Erie, is no more than 27 feet wide.

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The Point Place home of Sue Carter and Mike Ferner features a wide array of native plants.

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The couple collect rain for their garden in several barrels.

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They're using an old bucket to grow lettuce.

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The Point Place home of Sue Carter and Mike Ferner features a wide array of native plants.

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The Point Place home of Sue Carter and Mike Ferner features a wide array of native plants.

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Asian lilies grow in a variety of colors in the yard.

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The couple have memorial markers for four of their deceased cats.

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One of the couples' cats, Mimi, spends a fair amount of time in the garden.

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The Point Place home of Sue Carter and Mike Ferner features a wide array of native plants.

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Mr. Ferner is cultivating wild strawberries.

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Ms. Carter paints doors and uses them to decorate her backyard garden. Pictured at front are orange Day Lilies.

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A Turk's Cap, a local plant, is in bloom.

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