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Flower Fields
Business is blooming at Stonecrop Farm.
Imagine fields of snapdragons and dahlias and tulips and ranunculus—a rainbow of color as far as your eyes can see. Lucky for Gwynn Hamilton and Bert Webster, that’s their view nearly all year long.
At Stonecrop Farm in rural Newport, Hamilton and Webster grow countless […]
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