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Forest Gardening

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Before the ‘communications age’ we had an industrial civilisation.  Our capacity to invent and make tools took us to these advances.  Before all of that we developed our agriculture – perfecting techniques of husbandry for animals and production of field scale crops, from grain through vegetables.  Before all that we were hunter gatherers. »

Know and Love Quinces

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Public demand leads me to add  a section on our long term work to popularise the Quince. Quince ‘Vranja’ 2007 Cydonia oblonga is what we are talking about here, a ramshackle rambling kind of tree with large white flowers (with typical form of the Rosaceae) in the spring and yellow fruit look a little like apples, but... »

Scottish Apples & Apple Day

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I became interested in Scottish Apples in the 1980’s.  Apple trees are a real asset in that they produce edible fruit.  They are also a model for creating and managing diversity.  Anyone who grows their own will tell you about the joys of taste and seasonality. In an ideal world we would all enjoy food that... »

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