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Neighbourly competition
MY neighbour and I are both keen gardeners, and have been swapping plants since lockdown began. Fran is a ‘lift, divide, pot up and share’ type of gardener, whereas I am more of the ‘grow from seed and foist on the neighbours’ type.
So earlier in the year, I benefited from aquilegias, persicaria, primroses and Japanese anemones, to name a few.
In return, Fran got cauliflower, broccoli, lettuce, lobelia and aubergines. Therein lies the rub. Thirty healthy broccoli plants were well grown in pots: 15 for Fran and 15 for me; both sets planted out in raised beds and netted. Mine…
