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Why bother? Heirloom seeds

Patrick from blog Bifurcated Carrots makes the case for using open pollinated seeds.
When you buy commercial garden seeds, there are two main types, Open Pollinated (OP) and F1 hybrids. OP seeds have one clear obvious advantage. If properly done, you can save your own seeds and re-grow OP plants in future years without having to [...]

Dying of thirst

Photo courtesy of gervo
New statistics from the WWF today should surely shake gardeners. The average Briton uses an average of 150 litres of water per day for washing, cooking and drinking. Still more shocking is the amount of ‘virtual water’ consumed daily - 4,645 per day. ‘Virtual water’ takes into account the amount of water [...]