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Saints, Sinners, Sex and Strawberries…

Posted on 20/05/2017 by The Gardens Trust

Strawberries are quintessentially English. Or so you’d think. But actually they’re not. Although there are indigenous European strawberries the ones we eat are hybrids derived from a species from New England and another from Chile introduced surreptitiously into France in … Continue reading →

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Peas, perfect peas

Posted on 29/10/2016 by The Gardens Trust

Move over Capability Brown, you have to share your year of fame with peas! It has probably slipped your notice (as I confess it did mine) but the United Nations has declared 2016 to be the ‘International Year of Pulses’ (IYP) , … Continue reading →