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The country economy of flowers, focaccia and friendship

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When Tiarna Smitheman couldn't find fresh flowers to comfort a bereaved friend, she grew her own.

A sunny spot in her backyard brims with cosmos, sunflowers, dahlias, billy buttons and zinnias in spring and summer, a reminder of her friend's late grandmother.

The women's connection through flowers is the inspiration for her little roadside stall, The Blue Bee Market in Keith, a farming hub 230km sou...


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