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    Dec 29, 2020 2 minutes

    Q My new year’s resolution is to forage more leaves and flavours from the garden, starting with weeds. Which weeds, herbs and flowers are your favourites?

    Annabelle Johnson, Brighton

    Foraging from your own plot is a satisfying and very natural thing to do. We end up with patches of branching nettles, where fresh young growing tips have

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