RE: Anybody in England out there
- To: Stephen Griffiths <s*@dial.pipex.com>, v*@eskimo.com, "'Mike Collison'" <M*@output.com>
- Subject: RE: Anybody in England out there
- From: "* D* G* <D*@PSS.Boeing.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 14:41:07 -0800
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I am sure there are many sites that list UK seed companies. Sometimes the
USA site are up and running way before anyother international seed sites.
I am trying to improve my homepage. But I hope there are a few links which
can help you.
http://www.backyardgardener.com/veg.html
or
http://www.hort.net
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> From: Mike Collison
> Sent: Friday, December 4, 1998 3:16 AM
> To: Stephen Griffiths; veggie-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Anybody in England out there
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> Well then, lets talk about seeds. Maybe we can share
> seeds and info that might benefit the group?
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> Mike
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> > To: MGC @ OTC
> > Date: 03-Dec-98 22:41:24 +0000
> > From: stephen @ KREL{stephen.griffiths@dial.pipex.com}
> (Stephen Griffiths)
> > Subject: Re: Anybody in England out there
> > Reply-to: veggie-l @ KREL{veggie-list@eskimo.com}
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> > >To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> > >Reply-To: veggie-list@eskimo.com
> > At 19:41 03/12/98 , you wrote:
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> > >>I cant understand why all the interesting messages are from the U.S.A.
> or
> > >New Zealand or the like.Are there no gardeners in England willing to
> share
> > >their veggie growing.
> > Dave
> >
> > Hi Dave
> > Yes, there are a few UK gardeners on the list, but the growing
> conditions
> > in the UK are very different to the varied conditions of continental
> land
> > masses like the Americas.
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> > Speaking for myself, when Veggie list members talk about US seed
> companies,
> > US seed varieties, US pests, diseases or climate zones etc. it means
> little
> > or nothing to me and much of it is not relevant to my experience.
> > Obviously as gardeners there are a lot of general things we have in
> common,
> > but on specifics not so much.
> > So any contribution to or from Veggie List is only going to be of a
> general
> > nature.
> > If I want to know how to grow Early Purple Sprouting Brocolli in London,
> > I'm not going to get much practical advice from someone in California.
> >
> > There is a local UK based veggie growing e-mail list in which we can
> > discuss UK seed companies, UK vegetable varieties or local pests,
> diseases
> > and weather conditions etc.
> > This is much more relevant and useful as the members have similar
> > experiences and climates.
> >
> > Besides, its late autumn - early winter here and there is precious
> little
> > growing going on.
> > I'm spending my gardening time looking at the Seed catalogues and
> planning
> > next years growing.
> > See you in the spring. :)
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> > Regards
> > Stephen
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> >
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