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    Making the most of herbs

    Aug 10, 2021 2 minutes

    WOODY herbs such as sage and lavender are coming to the end of their flowering now and can be tidied up and their flower heads saved to scent the home.

    I am loath to deadhead lavender at this point as the bees are still flocking (or swarming) to it to drain every last drop

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