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    CONFUSION OF A NOVICE LEEK GROWER

    Apr 23, 2019 3 minutes

    Standing next to a pile of manure so big it could probably be spotted from space maybe wasn’t the ideal place to be as the March temperatures soared and the sun burned from a cloudless sky. However, when such opportunities as access to a source of good muck are presented to a novice leek grower they have to be grasped with both hands, gloved hands it has to be said, but grasped nonetheless.

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