And I can only say - for myself personally - having arrived here, sown things out and then got on with the more important job of renovating our farmhouse to provide us with a building that had actually got doors and windows, and heating and plumbing not to mention the all important bathroom - I certainly did nothing more in the garden than plant by lunar guidelines, companion plant, and use only natural preparations to treat and fertilise the soil. There was no specific seedling care, additional weeding other than the initial ploughing and rotavating, or watering as opposed to the copious rain fall - quite simply we did not have the time. In fact I would say our garden was actually quite neglected last year.
But - we had good healthy crops and lots of them.
So - it worked for me and I am happy.
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