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The Full Monty

anything from a barbecue at the weekend to a gardening column with a six-week lead time: do not double guess the weather. However, it is not unreasonable to assume that there will have been some sunshine between me writing these words and you reading them, wherever you are. Gardens will have to deal with heat and drought in some measure, although here at Longmeadow, not once has it been too hot or too dry for me or the garden

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