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Sowing the seeds

On 03/04/201203/04/2012 By Garden CorrespondentIn Uncategorized4 Comments

10 years ago, I was a fledgling English teacher, and Ali was a tour guide and translator. One of the highlights of our year was the Istanbul Film Festival (which is going on now) because we worked on subtitles and got passes that let us in to any movie. I still remember the thrill of …

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Black currant fizz…

On 19/06/2011 By Garden CorrespondentIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

... is the name of this lovely opium poppy, being scrutinized here by Baki and my mom: The seeds were from Thompson & Morgan; I picked them up in London in December. They always tell you on the seed packets that poppies hate being transplanted, so you ought to direct-sow them. We sowed these in …

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