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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Anita Roy

Country diary: On harvest open day, celebration, relief – and flying gazebos

Rainbow chard on a community farm in Wellington, Somerset
‘Rainbow chard that glows magenta and gold’ on the community farm in Wellington. Photograph: Anita Roy

Harvest open day at the community farm. The team has everything ready: the gazebos are up, the tea urns ready, scones and cakes laid out, and in the field the crops are ready to be gathered.

The apps say heavy rain, but apps ain’t always right, and farmers more than anyone are used to the whims of the weather gods. Rose and Ruth, the farm’s chief growers, decide to keep calm and carry on.

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