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Easy and fun to grow, tomatoes are the ultimate crop, available in a range of sizes and colours that are high yielding and delicious. At least, that’s the promise, but you may have been frustrated in

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Karen Maris, by email A ANNE SAYS A winter lawn-seed mix should germinate at soil temperatures above 5°C, so get yourself a soil thermometer and watch the forecast. But don’t sow if the ground is wate

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