Sowing new seeds

[Nature's Babe]

Some exotic seeds that we might be growing in the future, new introductions that show promise. Check out the video. A demonstration garden at Rhyton.

http://www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk/

[Nature's Babe]

They also have growing guidance for these more unusual veggies at this link

http://www.sowingnewseeds.org.uk/information.html

[alan refail]

I have been pondering on this one. Please believe me when I say that there is nothing whatsoever of cynicism in my comments.

Often "new" is a word used in place of the more accurate "forgotten" or "rediscovered". With the exception of sweet potato I have tried all of the crops listed, mostly in my "grow-anything-and-everything-give-it-a-try" phase which lasted from about 1989 to 1996. The only one I grow now, and have for many years, is coriander. In fact I'm surprised that Garden Organic should consider it a "new" crop.

With the sole exception of fenugreek, all of the crops listed appear in Vilmorin-Andrieux, The Vegetable Garden, translated into English by William Robinson and published in 1885.

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Text of the whole book here for free

http://www.archive.org/stream/vegetable ... 5/mode/2up

[Nature's Babe]

Interesting link Alan. With lottery funding they have a new walled garden at garden organic, many plants they are growing there were bought here by immigrants and are adapting to conditions here.

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/news/ne ... php?id=748