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Fresh from the plot

Excited barely describes how I feel right now! My heart is racing as the outdoor air warms up and the seedlings start shooting up day after day. Forget those lockdown shopping queues, all my potted main-crop potato tubers are waiting patiently (socially distanced, of course) in the cold frame while others find themselves on the floor by the shed – even my pallet bench has no space for me to sit on! It seems like there is too much to do, but the reward will be a plot filled with new growth.

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