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Bite-sized bounties

It’s been a couple of years since I started growing vegetables in my own space and sharing recipes with you in , and this year feels like the most exciting of all, with the knowledge of what works where in the garden, which plants seem to thrive with neglect (kale and, surprisingly, tomatoes) and which ones respond only to careful and sustained attention (I’m looking at you, aubergine and pepper plants). This year, I’ve also had a tiny assistant in my two-year-old daughter,

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