Lanarkshire is fertile, just inclined to be wet 
Lots of market gardens in this area before the advent of cheap imported fruit and veg.
Am I the only one who misses when tomatoes tasted like tomatoes and carrots smelled like carrots?....and spuds were not some generic white ? Strawberries were either Summer fruits or jam, and plums were a juicy, incredibly sweet glut of fruit at the end of August
My soil is rich, black and crumbly...on top....but if I don't add masses of organic stuff it reverts back to clay
The fancy tiles that lined the closes in posh Victorian Glasgow buldings were made not half a mile away from me, it's good stuff, and there are Neolithic pots found just along the valley that date to at least 3,000 bce and they're still sound.......but no flint. We do get some chert, and good chert is as good as if not better than mediocre flint. In much of Scotland if you find flint you know someone took it there and typology can tell us much about the past when we do find it.
cheers,
Toddy
Lots of market gardens in this area before the advent of cheap imported fruit and veg. Am I the only one who misses when tomatoes tasted like tomatoes and carrots smelled like carrots?....and spuds were not some generic white ? Strawberries were either Summer fruits or jam, and plums were a juicy, incredibly sweet glut of fruit at the end of August
My soil is rich, black and crumbly...on top....but if I don't add masses of organic stuff it reverts back to clay
The fancy tiles that lined the closes in posh Victorian Glasgow buldings were made not half a mile away from me, it's good stuff, and there are Neolithic pots found just along the valley that date to at least 3,000 bce and they're still sound.......but no flint. We do get some chert, and good chert is as good as if not better than mediocre flint. In much of Scotland if you find flint you know someone took it there and typology can tell us much about the past when we do find it.
cheers,
Toddy
