Category: Stories
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Richard and the Bean Stalk
Richard Trevanion has a large productive and diverse plot at the Charnwood COGS garden. For more than 40 years, Richard has been growing, saving and growing again a vigorous and delicious variety of climbing butter bean. As well as stewarding the seed through the years, Richard has generously shared with many other gardeners. Now the…
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Rocco’s Tomatoes
(Story by Ash Violi of Bungendore) “Rocco supposedly smuggled the original seeds into Australia on the boat from Italy, each year meticulously saving seeds from the biggest, healthiest fruit for planting the next season. These were his pride and joy, and the main ingredient in Nonna’s sauce that was the foundation of almost every meal.…