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Sunday, May 28, 2023

The plot is up, now it’s just a question of keeping it running

As the plants find their legs, the summer jobs of watering and a little light weeding come to the fore

Our early summer sowing is done for now. The baby herbs are happy. The spring salads are taking wing. The rampant orache is being rehomed in purple patches.

Last year’s mustards and kales flowered for the bees. Their skeletons removed to the compost bays. The remains of the chervil beds, too.

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