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    Pick of the bunch

    Jun 24, 2021 3 minutes

    Cropping. It’s what we allotment types work so hard for, and there is indeed an earthy, alchemical delight to the business of pulling the first new potatoes from the soil or finding the first baby broad beans plump enough to pick. It never tires.

    For me, though, it’s the flowers that are the real thrill. While the spuds must be scrubbed and the beans shelled, the peonies and dahlias need only be dropped into a

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