By Rachael Brown
Elizabeth Ruediger has a green thumb in the White Mountains. A seasoned gardener, Ruediger moved across country from Kansas City, MO with her family and her plants. She has been living in the North Country for 15 years. The Dummer resident is greening up Berlin.
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