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Sat 01 Jan 2010Seeds to growing success
GARDENS: Sowing a seed and nurturing its growth is one of gardening’s great pleasures
THIS IS SUCH an exciting time of the year for gardeners. I don’t mean outside, where the big freeze has wreaked havoc on the garden, but inside, by the fire, with this season’s crop of seed catalogues. For gardeners, seed catalogues are not just lists of plants, they also spell hope and optimism, which are in short supply in this dark and chilly month. The business of carefully sowing a seed, minding it and watching its first embryonic leaves hoist themselves out of the compost is one of the greatest pleasures of gardening. Everything after that is a bonus.
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