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a plum deal

As we slip into late summer, the light in the evenings fades a little earlier each day and hot sunny days alternate with grey rainy days. On the farm, harvest has finished and the oilseed rape for next year’s harvest has been sown, while in the garden the plums are ripening fast. Plums seem toContinue reading “a plum deal”

the garden in August

This is the time of year when the garden is at its most productive. There’s plenty to harvest, successional sowing means the next flush is coming up behind and plants for winter are established and full of promise. The cherry plums have been eaten, the Czar plums are just starting to ripen and every dayContinue reading “the garden in August”