Bitter, wet and wintry afternoons are of little use to the gardener who likes to get his or her hands dirty, but planning this year's veg garden is a worthwhile way to pass the dreichest of days.
Bitter, wet and wintry afternoons are of little use to the gardener who likes to get his or her hands dirty, but planning this year's veg garden is a worthwhile way to pass the dreichest of days.
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Gardeners should always be open-minded when choosing crop and seed varieties. The stamina of plants was tested in 2010 and 2011 and last year was a sair fecht for everything in the garden. Only a fool would ignore the lessons of the past few years. Who knows, perhaps the warming North Atlantic has nudged the jet stream south, as some suggest, in which case foul, cool, wet and sunless summers may become the norm.
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