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Northshore October 2025
  Whether or not Susan Stowe would dig in when she moved to her 2-acre property in Topsfield in 1975 was never in question. After all, gardening was in her roots. “I grew up on a farm,” she explains, “and I’ve gardened my whole life.” So, when she took a teaching job in Beverly and bought a home with husband Ken in nearby Topsfield, she immediately sat down and mapped out space for gardens. Given a stretch of flat and semi-featureless land, her gardening bent could have taken any direction. Like most new homeowners, she tested the waters to get a handle on what would thrive in the neighborhood. But tellin
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