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Planning, sowing and dreaming about flowers for cutting and selling
I’m busy planning my flower cutting borders for this year. It’s quite a big job – up until now I’ve just carried vague plans in my head. This means that often I don’t get the best out of the herbaceous borders. Last year some borders were stunning but others were a real disappointment. If I’d taken a bit more time at the planning stage they might have been better. Flowers are a great fillip. My mum always reminds me of the old Chinese proverb, “When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with...
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