{"id":83041,"date":"2018-03-18T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T06:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allotment-fever-and-seed-obsession\/"},"modified":"2018-03-18T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T06:03:07","slug":"allotment-fever-and-seed-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/allotment-fever-and-seed-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Allotment fever and seed obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSorting seeds is almost as fun as sowing themMy name is Allan. I am an addict. I can\u2019t stop scoring seed. It\u2019s as if the joy is in the collecting not the sowing and growing (though I love to do that, too). Every spring, around now, I sort seed, gather the packets into groups, into leafy crops and flowers, assorted fruits and roots.There will be multiple versions of the same packets, many from the same supplier. I also suffer from seed amnesia, groundhog days of growing. I tell myself it\u2019s about supporting small producers, though I will always save seed, too. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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