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Breeding
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Local runner bean landrace
I’ve started work on a local landrace of runner beans / blomsterbønner (Phaseolus coccineus). I sowed yesterday 15 varieties that are the earliest varieties I could find from […]
Beans / Breeding / Edientomental / Edimentals / Seed sAVING
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Broad Bean Mix
Broad beans (favas / bondebønner) will easily cross with other varieties that are growing nearby. In order to keep a variety pure, you need to isolate them physically. […]
Breeding / Food / Onions / Root crops
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Caraway root breeding and Karvekaalsuppe
I’ve been selecting caraway (Carum carvi) through 4 generations now for larger roots. I plan to have a larger number of plants from next year at our community […]
Birds / Breeding
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Breeding swifts?
Working in the garden today and I was surprised by two swifts flying low behind the house and one entered an old starling box on the outhouse…. I’ve […]
Breeding / Forest Gardening / Nursery / Perennials / Root crops / Salad / topset onion / Tubers / walkabout onion
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Mandy Barber’s Incredible Vegetables and The Field
Well, not only Mandy’s plot, a group of local people in Ashburton, Devon got together to buy The Field a few years ago to grow vegetables communally! It is […]
Breeding / Tubers
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3rd year Paolo JA crosses
This is the 3rd year of growing Paolo Gaiardelli‘s first year Dayneutral x wild Italian crosses – harvested today! I’ve selected 5 interesting looking tubers to grow for […]