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The British Araucana Club

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February 22, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Picture of Black male Araucana

The British Araucana club first started out life as the English Araucana poultry society back in around 1915. By 1960 it had faded away and there was …
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Filed Under: Animals Tagged With: Ancestral Home, Araucana Chickens, Araucana Club, Aruca, Blue Eggs, Club Members, Country Members, Defra, Domestic Chicken, Egg Laying Chickens, Gene Bank, Gene Pool, Good Stock, Hatching Eggs, Incas, Northern Chile, Poultry Breed, Poultry Clubs, Rare Breed, Southern Peru


Heritage Flowers Gift Box Set

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February 22, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Whilst on our search for old varieties of flower seed we came across this great gift offer by English Heritage. The Thomas Etty Esq Heritage …
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Filed Under: Flowers Tagged With: Birthdays, Caption, Dragon, English Heritage, Field Poppy, Flower Box, Flower Online, Flower Seed, Flowers Gift, Heritage Flowers, Heritage Shop, Ideal, Nasturtium, Pot Marigold, Seed Box, Seed Packets, Snap Dragon, Sweet William, Thomas Etty


New Garden Organic Seed Project

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February 22, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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The latest initiative from Garden organic, "Sowing New Seeds", funded by the Big Lottery Local Food Fund, will directly enable many more gardeners in …
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Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Black Eye Beans, Crop Cultivation, Diverse Communities, Eating Habits, Edible Plants, Future Generations, Genetic Diversity, Hamburg Parsley, Heritage Seed Library, Latin America, Local Food, Maize, Organic Seed, Seed Project, Seeds Project, Traditional Crops, Uk Share, Vital Fact, Warwickshire, Water Chestnuts


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