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Just incase you have nothing to do this evening, here is the latest epistle from Joppa. Only one week to go until the show and if you are anything like […]

It is all about Brinksmanship, how close to the edge can we go without the blooms going over.  Just to mix the metaphors, Am I sailing too close to the […]

A cloudy day and the promised rain didn’t arrive so we made good progress. We had the last bonfire of the winter to clear away all the prunings etc and […]

Saw my first Peacock Butterfly of the season today (Saturday)  basking in the bright sunshine.  A day of wall to wall sunshine with just a hint of frost in the […]

Gosh March is a long Month and we still we have two weeks to go until the show. I have lots of bulbs, “all dressed up and nowhere to go” […]

We missed the worst of the snow here in sunny Joppa. Just as well because it would have been the last straw in this difficult season, I just need a […]

I have a surfeit of riches, lots of bulbs in full flower. It has been a funny season. By this time in past years I would have been taking pots […]

A proper March day with the weather starting sunny and with a good drying wind but by the middle of the day there was a downpour and we were quite […]

Another wet and windy day so many of the pots from outside have been put in the glasshouse just to be on the safe side.           […]

In response to a request here are a few photos showing how I stake my Hyacinths. I go round the pot, lightly pressing the flower spikes into the vertical and […]