Property News · August 30, 2023

Save seeds simply with a bit of loo roll | Brief letters


Tomato tip | Pedigree broad beans | An Elgin accent | Incipient beer goggles | Better than the best at Wordwheel?What a messy, smelly method Alys Fowler uses to save tomato seeds (Never buy vegetable seed again! How to save money by harvesting this year’s beans, lettuces and tomatoes, 24 August). Just smear the seeds, gel and all, on a sheet of toilet paper and leave it to dry for a couple of days. Then snip up the paper, with one seed to each bit, and store them until next year. It’s a method that has served me well for about 20 years.Dave HeadeyFaringdon, Oxfordshire• When I arrived at my current address, my neighbour passed a paper bag of wizened broad beans over the hedge. He proudly told me that he had grown broad beans from the same stock since 1915, year on year. I have carried on the same tradition, meaning that the beans I have just harvested come from a pedigree of 107 years. Asked the variety, my neighbour quickly said “Everton Wonder”. That’s exactly what they are.Roger BeamondEverton, Hampshire Continue reading…

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