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    LEEKS

    Oct 24, 2018 2 minutes

    SOW: JAN-FEB

    HARVEST: AUG-FEB

    Eaten by the ancient Egyptians more than 2500 years ago, there must be something about leeks that has kept the human palate keen. It might be that it’s a tasty and nutritious crop, that once it’s planted it more or less looks after itself, or that

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