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Permaculture Tips

By now, your vegetable garden should be in full swing, growing the ultimate summer harvests: luscious sun-ripened tomatoes, crisp cucumbers, flavoursome beans and endless zucchinis. Fill any gaps in your garden now, to avoid later disappointment, but remember to consider how long your plants will take to get to harvest stage if you’re still planting at this late stage of the growing season. If you’re planting tomatoes, buy well-developed plants as it’s too late in the season to grow your own from seed. Look for those with a short time to harvest, such as Stupice. If you’re planting beans,

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