{"id":137317,"date":"2023-06-10T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T07:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/be-as-diverse-as-possible-a-gardening-pioneers-guide-to-growing-on-a-warming-planet\/"},"modified":"2023-06-10T14:26:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-10T07:26:18","slug":"be-as-diverse-as-possible-a-gardening-pioneers-guide-to-growing-on-a-warming-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/be-as-diverse-as-possible-a-gardening-pioneers-guide-to-growing-on-a-warming-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Be as diverse as possible!\u2019: a gardening pioneer\u2019s guide to growing on a warming planet"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe gardening pioneer Joy Larkhom changed how we grow veg and championed rocket, salad bags and pak choi. What is she growing now?Joy Larkcom is singing the praises of sugarloaf chicory. \u201cIt\u2019s got deep roots, its leaves form a dense, crisp heart, and it withstands drought better than lettuce,\u201d she says. \u201cSadly, these rarely find their way into the seed catalogues for amateur gardeners.\u201d Her love for this unsung salad leaf sums up Larkcom\u2019s lifelong passion: to bring more variety to our kitchen tables and preserve genetic diversity.Larkcom, 87, is a vegetable grower and writer famous for her influential books from The Organic Salad Garden to Grow Your Own Vegetables. Drawing from direct experience \u2013 for 30 years as an experimental market gardener in Suffolk; latterly in her garden in West Cork \u2013 her writing reads just as she speaks: authoritative yet lighthearted, combining practical, scientifically sound advice with an enthusiasm for continued learning. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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