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Seed search in Wales

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July 18, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Vegetable gardeners in Wales are being urged to preserve their heirloom varieties and make them more widely available. The Dyfi Valley Seed Savers …
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Filed Under: Featured, Vegetables Tagged With: Allotment, Appearance Characteristics, Blight, Coventry, Dyfi Valley, Email, Garden Vegetable, Heirloom Varieties, Heritage Seed Library, Rural Development Agency, Salads, Seed Savers, Seed Search, Seed Swaps, Seeds, Sustainable Future, Vegetable Gardeners, Vegetable Growers, Vegetable Varieties, Vegetables, Welsh


Carlin Pea in Flower

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July 1, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Earlier in the year we published an article about Carlin peas and Audrey from Lancashire decided she would have a go at growing some. Shortly …
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Filed Under: Featured, Vegetables Tagged With: Audrey, Burgundy, Carlin Peas, Carlins, Flowers, Grocer, Heart, Lancashire, Leaves, Oval Shape, Pea Family, Pea Flower, Pea Plants, Petals, Rich Wine, sweet pea, Sweet Peas, Upper Banner, Wings


Carlin Peas

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April 5, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Heritage Seed Library Carlin Seeds

The Carlin pea is a traditional drying pea which seems to date way back in the English medieval monasteries and was certainly used in Elizabethan …
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Filed Under: Vegetables Tagged With: Caption, Carlin Peas, Civil War, Elizabethan Times, Exchange Websites, Heritage Seed Library, Heritage Seeds, Heritage Varieties, Lilac Flowers, Maple Peas, Medieval Monasteries, North East Of England, Passion Sunday, Plants, Seed Exchange, Starvation, Sun, Sweet Peas, Variety


Heritage Seed Makes Comeback

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March 9, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment

An article in Horticulture Week points to changes that may lead to relaxation of the heritage seed rules. EU rules currently state that if a …
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Filed Under: Vegetables Tagged With: Amateur Gardener, Cabbages, Commercial Seed, Enthusiasts, Flavour, Grandparents, Guardians, Heritage Seed, Horticulture Week, Legislation, Lettuces, Parents, Register, Relaxation, Seed Plants, Seed Variety, Specialist Suppliers, Swapping, Varieties Of Tomatoes, Vegetable Varieties


Old Varieties v New

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January 10, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Over the last three years we have been growing heritage vegetables as well as more modern varieties and whilst we have not been conducting a …
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Filed Under: Featured, Vegetables Tagged With: Brassicas, Crops, Flavours, French Bean, French Beans, Gardener, Green Tomato Chutney, Heritage Varieties, Mildew, Pantheon, Production Stage, San Marzano, Scientific Experiment, Seedlings, Shallots, Simple Fact, Sunlight Hours, Varieties Of Tomato, Warm Spring, Wet Summer


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