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Fresh from the plot

Hello August, my most productive month of the year. It’s the peak of summer, with lots to harvest and I can barely keep up with all the preserving that I now need to do.

The aroma of vinegar in the kitchen signifies the start of pickling season, when gherkins, jalapeño peppers and nasturtium seed pods are stuffed into jars, then covered

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