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    Top of the crops: chilli grower Roddy earns big reputation

    Friday, May 22nd, 2020
    Chilli grower Roddy McLaren

    Fledgling Hawick chilli grower Roddy McLaren is proving he can handle the hot stuff as a member of the prestigious Langholm Chilli Club.

    The 54-year-old developed a keen interest in the garden pastime following a chat with a club member in the Muckle Toon’s Crown Hotel, and soon transformed his shared garden in Silver Street with 16 chilli plants of many different varieties.

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