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Mystwood HARVEST REPORT

WE’RE stone-cold amateurs with limited coinage so it would be naïve to assume that our first season as market gardeners would be flawless. An unseasonably warm winter growing large quantities of vegies in virgin beds with just us, two wheelbarrows and assorted shovels led us down a bumpy road . . . unsurprisingly. However, 30 families placed their faith in our ability to come up with the goods so we just had to make it happen.

In the past, we

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