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Marmanda's notebook.

Long, sourced articles about the vegetable garden: what to plant and when, which pairings actually hold up, how to read a sowing calendar.

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Planting garlic in autumn: timing, spacing and depth

Autumn garlic succeeds less through an exact date than through drainage, healthy cloves and coherent spacing. A complete method from choosing bulbs to harvest.

  • Garlic
  • Autumn
  • Planting

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Growing lamb's lettuce: when to sow, thin and harvest

Lamb's lettuce is easy once established. The challenge is a shallow sowing, cool moist soil and a date that leaves enough light for growth before winter.

  • Autumn
  • Lamb's lettuce
  • Sowing

Turn the reading into a garden.

Marmanda turns this advice into a dated, placed plan for your own plot.