Nearly time!
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 me, you will be fussing over your pots and [...]
Daffodil display
Many public parks have colourful  plantings of daffodils  now in bloom. This one in North Berwick  is different as it features examples of the  13 divisions that the Daffodil Society use [...]
after the show
After a flower show most daffodils  will move very happily into an open border. To the left of the photo are some of the North Berwick primary and nursery school Jetfire which wer at the Caley [...]
Brinkmanship!
It is all about Brinksmanship, how close to the edge can we go without the blooms going over. Â Just to mix the metaphors, Am I sailing too close to the wind? The pot of Hyacinths ( Delft Blue ) [...]
Two top daffodils
Scottish Rock Garden shows award a George Forrest memorial medal to the best plant in  the show. At Kincardine yesterday  two were awarded as a white triandrus type Narcissus on the RBGE display [...]
Cloudy Day on Allotment
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 the ash was spread around the fruit [...]
A weekend update from George
Saw my first Peacock Butterfly of the season today (Saturday) Â basking in the bright sunshine. Â A day of wall to wall sunshine with just a hint of frost in the morning. Another first for the [...]
March seems a long month to George.
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” and just hope that they will hold up well for [...]
