It might be just the year for bulb fennel @BobTheGardener ... plenty of moisture in the ground
It's been so tricky this year for just about everything. All I get here are long droughts followed by 'biblical' downpours. The poor plants don't know here they are!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.