{"id":110567,"date":"2019-09-08T12:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/save-seed-plan-and-share-its-as-good-as-growing-allan-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T12:07:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T05:07:52","slug":"save-seed-plan-and-share-its-as-good-as-growing-allan-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/save-seed-plan-and-share-its-as-good-as-growing-allan-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Save seed, plan and share \u2013 it\u2019s as good as growing | Allan Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe best small companies, the legume holy grail and how keep them dry \u2013 top tips from a seed hoarderI am a spender not a saver. I was never much good with money. I enjoy the ability to be able to buy things. With seeds I am a hoarder. Except for the guilt that comes now, sputtering to the end of the growing season, when I have somehow failed to sow in time, to let my seed live a fuller life. To express itself, to grow, become an adult plant, a root crop, a flower. Though I guess there is always next year.I trawl seed businesses like other addicts collect drug dealers. I favour small companies \u2013 the specialist suppliers, the monomaniacs where my money can make a difference: Roger Parsons for sweet peas, Ben Ranyard at Higgledy Garden for (mostly) annual flowers, Mads McKeever at Brown Envelope Seeds for open-pollenated organic vegetables, Jekka McVicar for herbs, Franchi for (mostly) Italian vegetables, Adaptive Seeds for kales, and many, many others. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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