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WW2 Apples from Rimini

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September 26, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Apple orchard at the Ukrainian Chapel, Dumfries

A small orchard of apple trees is a poignant reminder of the lives torn apart by war and a new life forged in a foreign land. During World War …
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Filed Under: Featured, Fruit & Veg Tagged With: Apple Trees, apples, China And The United States, Custodians, Designations, Dumfries, Europe, European Commission, German Army, Italtrade, Italy During World War Ii, Lockerbie, Matchbox, Matchboxes, Old Trees, Orchard, Poignant Reminder, Portal, Pow, Remnant, Rimini Italy, Scotland, Seeds, Ukrainian, World War Ii, Ww2


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


The Foxglove

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March 11, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Plate Drawing of Digitalis Purpurea by Koehler

The Foxgolve ( Digitalis pupurea) is a native plant of Europe and used to be found growing in many British hedgerows. Its botanical name means …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: 163, Bees, Botanical Name, British Hedgerows, Camelot, Common Foxglove, Digitalis Purpurea, Europe, F1, Fir, Flower Buds, Foxgloves, Heart Medication, Hybrid Varieties, Koehler, Leaves, Medication, New Spring, Open Flower, Pink Buds, Profusion, Purple Flowers, Roots, Rosette, Seeds, Spring Growth, Tubular Flowers, Weed


Suppliers of old varieties

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November 6, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Here you will find a few commercial suppliers of old varieties of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd, Devon (seeds and seed …
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Filed Under: Flowers, Fruit & Veg, Suppliers Tagged With: Amp, Bulbs, Chiltern Seeds, Commercial Suppliers, Devon, Directory, Flowers, Fruit Flowers, Fruit Tree Varieties, Fruit Vegetables, heritage, Heritage Varieties, Local Businesses, Nursery Growers, Old Varieties, Organic Gardening, Rhs Members, Seed Potatoes, Seed Varieties, Seeds, Seedsman, Somerset, Surrey, Thomas Etty


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