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Opium poppies in Britain
Sacha wrote:
Some time ago we had a discussion about whether or not these would grow *and* ripen in Britain. AFAIR, the general opinion was that they would not. However, on the uk.food group, someone has posted a link to an interesting article: http://tinyurl.com/36htzv Papaver Somniferum grows wonderfully here in the UK. A nice cup of poppy pod tea on a summers evening makes gardening aches and pains fizzle away too! Les -- Remove Frontal Lobes to reply direct. "Oh Bother!" said the Borg, "We've assimilated Pooh!" "That's 10 times I've explained binary to you. I won't tell you a 3rd time!" http://armsofmorpheus.blogspot.com/ http://www.richarddawkins.net/index.php Les Hemmings a.a #2251 SA |
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