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Yet another week with no rain and low temperatures, especially during the night. In spite of this, everything on the allotment is growing well.  The turnip and beetroot seed sown a fortnight ago [...]

Once very popular these plants and this special way of displaying them  are making a comeback. This example was set up by Graeme and Hilary Butler from Rumbling Bridge nursery  at the [...]

Spring bulbs do not last through the whole season so as they fade and their foliage becomes untidy cutting it out allows  the rest of the bedding to make a  better show. Cutting the old foliage [...]

Most dwarf rhododendrons are hardy but the flowers vary in how resistant they are to frost. Compare Swift at the top with Cream Crest in the middle and Dora Amateis after a recent very cold night [...]

What a difference a few days of warmer weather makes to the growth on the allotment. The fruit bushes; redcurrant, saskatoon and gooseberry which we moved earlier in the year are mature plants [...]

We are off to Dundee Flower Show this weekend and already the flowers are cut waiting for the door to open and all excited to leave. Meanwhile in the garden the Tulips are in full bloom . And a [...]

Well that is the Caley Spring Show over for another year and team Anderson had some moderate success with a number of Firsts, Seconds and Thirds.  There were a good set of exhibits on show and [...]

A dull start but the sun was out by lunchtime. Spring has definitely arrived with all the daffodils in full bloom and some cut which may be good enough for the Spring Show.  We’ll see how [...]

All packed picked and ready for the Caley Spring Show. Maybe a degree of overkill here but once you have grown them you might as well show them.     Cut flowers all labelled and [...]