Jim Bennett works in his flower garden Wednesday in Buckfield. Bennett, 74, said that his green thumb was passed down from his grandmother, who grew peonies up on nearby Streaked Mountain. Bennett said gardening is only one of his hobbies that he now has time for since retiring from building roads for the state and driving a school bus. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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