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Heavy rain has restored the allotment soil to full moisture. Winkling out spent winter crops revealed bone-dry powdery sand beneath, so it is certain that flowering broad beans and peas were suffering and would set fewer pods and potatoes would not initiate their full cropping potential. All that has...
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Colder weather has led to nasty little ground frosts that have nipped the spuds. Only the ‘Charlotte’ has been badly affected, where about half the plants are unlikely to come to anything now. The others should all recover soon. Perversely, salads begin to mature when the weather turns chilly with the...
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