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George noticed a posting on social media from three years ago where his bulbs and spring flowers were at an advanced stage.   This year (2018)  a similar photograph taken […]

In George’s cold greenhouse the pots of his own bulbs have been given their first watering and are starting to put on growth and show flower buds.  Thise that are […]

A snell wind today to use a good Scots word, but the sun was shining. The winter fruit pruning workshop on Sunday was even more popular than usual with about […]

There is not much change in the Caley bulbs lifted from the plunge at the weekend. They have been out of the plunge for only 4 days but already the leaves […]

We potted our bulbs last October but it was the first time we had held the workshops on the allotment.  On Sunday we removed the pots very carefully as they […]

Something different today as we took delivery of a load of seaweed from a processing company – seaweed is a good source of nitrogen and potash and helps build up […]

The pots of bulbs in George’s glasshouse have been kept dry since they were lifted out of the plunge more than two weeks ago. The soil is still slightly damp […]

A long job today was digging out one of the apple trees, ‘Charles Ross’, and moving it to another spot. It takes time to carefully dig down and tease out […]

Iris ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’ is a very useful garden plant. The petals, or falls, are wider than many forms of Iris reticulata showing that it is a selection from Iris […]

The pots of bulbs lifted last week and put into the cold glasshouse have started to green up and dry out slightly. The leaves on the Hyacinths are starting to […]