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“Some of my earliest memories were gardening with my parents and getting to enjoy having homemade salsa and tending to our own herb garden,” he said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 9, 2015

Usually I am,’ said Hotchkiss … Some of the other victims were gardening or hiking.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2012

Dame Agatha herself looked as if she had been raised on a good golf course, although her main hobbies were gardening, and buying and redecorating houses.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madam Gillin and her daughter Norah were gardening as he rode past their hedge, and the former hallooed to him to stop.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

Many of them were gardening, and the gardens were full of old-fashioned flowers, blooming in wonderful profusion.

From The Child of the Dawn by Benson, Arthur Christopher