I enjoy a quick foray into the National Plant Societies Marquee as there are always a wealth of unusual things on offer that aren't available from the large nurseries. This year the displays put on by all the plant societies of the North West are especially good, with a wide range of plants available, everything from Brugmansia, Agapanthus and succulents to carnivorous Sarracenia.
Where some shows have a small table devoted to each one, at Tatton they do things differently, grouping all the plants together to make displays of mixed plant types from all the different exhibitors. The effect is a great display which really relates to everyday gardens, and shows that anyone can be a national collection holder and still have an interesting and varied garden.
For me the best part of the marquee was the stall, manned by groups from across the north of England and featured a wonderful mixture of different perennials, vegetables and houseplants all grown by the members themselves. Each plant was lovingly grown and labelled, and sold with the helpful advice of the person that propagated it. The effect was like a giant garden fete and certainly offered something for everyone. I was in my element buying far too many plants. Oh well at least I'll be able to take some cuttings and bring some plants back for them to sell next year.
Unused agriculture land during dry season in Cambodia is frequent. Soil is made to be alive, to be productive. Empty dry areas as shown in the picture however is frequent in many Asian countries with an old and may be rusty rice culture.
The traditional culture of rice farming and rice eating limits the productivity and thus also the potential revenue of farmers. Here in Cambodia during dry season much of the country's agriculture land is dry and empty.
As shown in the previous pictures, there are alternatives with high productivity and low work needed to turn all land into a year round living resource of valuable food. Corn, vegetables, herbs or fruits are but a few additional possibilities within the limits of climate and water available. No additional investment is needed to turn this dry and empty land into a 2 season year round farm land of much higher productivity. The only change needed is in the head of consumers shifting from rice only priority to a more versatile and also healthier food variety. In addition of course also the farmers need some rethinking of the hundreds of years old farming habits. A little learning may be with support from outside help or government support could turn such dry land into a year round fertile green source of revenue and food for an entire nation and thus also improve the livelihood of farmers in Cambodia.
In album Kingdo m of Cambodia Pictures
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