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ONE of the most useful developments in gardening over the last couple of decades has been the introduction by almost all seed companies of salad leaf mixtures.
They’re the home-grower’s equivalent of the supermarket’s mixed salad bags.
Instead of growing a row of, say, lettuce from one packet, a row of rocket from another, and one of mustard greens from yet another, you just sow one lot of seed from a single mixed packet.
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