Having caught up on rain-delayed plantings of cabbages, lettuce, and broad beans, we are now busy planting tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and chillies in our polytunnels, and squash, sweetcorn, and runner beans outside. The first April sowings of peas and broad beans have emerged so quickly that they have already surpassed those forced into a cold, wet seed bed in March. Farmers with the patience…
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