[John]

This has been a really difficult season so far. The weather is really against us and the pest pressure is crazy. Seed germination has been awful and what do manage to emerge are getting gobbled up by slugs and snails. I do make a rod for my own back though. I know the germination rate falls on older seed and fresh seed will have much better germination rates. But I haven’t the heart to throw away a half packet when chances are I’ll get enough to germinate for my needs from it. Despite it being 2 years past it’s sow-before date!

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