doors! Ed with the help of assistant David Christie will tackle the job. Nev~

machinery and spares can also be supplied. Recently, car servicing and repairs

have been introduced. Obviously, an adaptable small business such as this

has much to offer a rural community’.

As well as the businesses which have been established for some time there

are several small enterprises — some one woman enterprises. Some are using

traditional skills in a non-traditional way, and others are doing what might

be called more unusual things with their talents.

Strathkinness Herbs

Certainly the three young women who run ‘Strathkinness Herbs’ deserve

credit for their enterprise in seeing a market and going into it. Mrs. June

Riches, Mrs. Elizabeth Riches (no relation) and Mrs. Sue Dewar set up a

joint enterprise, as Elizabeth Riches writes:

‘In August 1984 Strathkinness Herbs was started with the aim

and selling culinary and medicinal herb plants. The hope was

and inform people of the many and varied uses of plants which

used throughout history, e.g. elecampane, comfrey (knitbone),

wormwood, sweet rocket, lovage, sweet cicely, and many others.

‘As well

sage, chives,

their uses, is

as the more unusual herbs more ordinary ones such as parsley,

etc. are available. A list of the various plants supplied, along with

available.

MODERN FARMING

MACHINERY

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of growing

to interest

have been

soapwort,

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