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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) Â basking in the bright sunshine. Â A day of wall to wall sunshine with just a hint of frost in the […]
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 […]
