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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Allan Jenkins

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: A special delivery of seeds from ukraine - Caught on Camera

Seeds of hope: a wonderful selection sent from Ukraine.
Seeds of hope: a wonderful selection sent from Ukraine. Photograph: Allan Jenkins

The seed packages have arrived from Ukraine. Two deliveries to two addresses, work and home, to give them every chance. Many packets from organicseeds.top, in the centre of the war-torn country. Of course I over-ordered, but I feel a need to support them.

There’s our favourite Painted Mountain corn to replace the Mexican blue maize shoots the pigeons have already eaten. I will sow some at home in pots as well as in a small block on the site. There are two packets of classic Grandpa Otto morning glory seed, though I am yet unsure where it will grow. There’s a classic calendula and frilly Giant Sungold sunflowers for the allotment bees and me.

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