{"id":101404,"date":"2018-11-17T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-11-17T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-we-need-open-pollinated-seed-alys-fowler\/"},"modified":"2018-11-17T18:04:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-17T11:04:21","slug":"why-we-need-open-pollinated-seed-alys-fowler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-we-need-open-pollinated-seed-alys-fowler\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need open pollinated seed | Alys Fowler"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI don\u2019t think the apocalypse is coming, but Brexit probably isIf you examine my pockets you will always find, among the lint, some seed. It\u2019s an absent-minded ritual when I see ripe seed. I guess it makes me feel safe to walk around with a potential garden in my pockets.I don\u2019t think the apocalypse is coming, but Brexit is, and the climate is changing. We need seed that can cope with these things, seed that can adapt to our soils and our climate. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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I don\u2019t think the apocalypse is coming, but Brexit probably isIf you examine my pockets...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-qny","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104619,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-to-get-the-best-harvest-from-seed-potatoes-alys-fowler\/","url_meta":{"origin":101404,"position":0},"title":"How to get the best harvest from seed potatoes | Alys Fowler","date":"March 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our gardening expert on the case for chitting spuds before planting themIt is most likely too late to debate whether to chit or not. 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