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    Time to sow, time to reap

    Jul 28, 2020 3 minutes

    I AM sure all gardeners were saddened when, at the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic, we saw pictures of nursery plants being consigned to the compost heap. There was a slump in demand followed by a substantial increase.

    Nurseries have responded by supplying plants to satisfy that demand. But, as wisdom has it, “there is a time to sow and a time to reap”. The British climate imposes a strict timetable. By ignoring this, it seems gardeners are being

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