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Patience the soil insists on
The crocus blooms for a single autumn fortnight — the harvest cannot be rushed, only met.
02
One spark to every hundred petals
Three crimson stigmas per flower; it takes the violet carpet of a whole field to fill a single jar.
03
Terraces remember every season
Highland fields are worked in strata, the same plots tended by the same families across generations.
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Hand-picked before the dew lifts
Flowers are gathered at first light while cool, then separated by hand the same morning.