The season starts with the sowing of seed, staggered over a three-month period that begins in April.

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The province's two main tribes, the cattle-herding Hema and the seed-sowing Lendus, used to bicker intermittently.

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Most of the time, the guerrilla gardeners' gardens are gardens of peace unless, of course, landowners decide they don't want them there, which, with the exception of an angry bar owner in east London, usually never happens -- a spokesperson for London's Metropolitan Police Service said that while he had never heard of the seed-sowing bandits, any criminal activity -- even illicit gardening -- is discouraged and would be subject to prosecution.

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