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Diane
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Got all excited early in the year and planted very many argretti seeds - taste like samphire it says on the packet - good in salads in says on the packet - sought after by top chefs if says on the packet. The packet is wrong! Just tastes like grass. (not that kind of grass either!). Now, what am I going to do with 10 pots of the stuff? :(
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That was my experience, you may recall :(

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Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Should have taken your advice - got overexcited in the spring :(
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Diane wrote:Should have taken your advice - got overexcited in the spring :(


Welcome to the "grow once but never again" club :wink:
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Dont worry, you'll add new items to that list every year I'm sure... I know I do...
My one this year is red kale... Russian red to be precise. Dont get me wrong, I love the stuff, but its taken over a massive section of the bed, and suffocated most of by broccoli lol
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