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and tulips, hyacinths, cacti, succulents, pot plants………. If you want to brighten this dreary day. come along to The Caley’s Spring Show.  The show open today at 12 noon [...]

The hall is ready, just waiting for the exhibits to arrive.  Here is a taster of some of the early entries.

Don’t forget that the Spring Show takes place this weekend.  31st March – 1st April 12-5pm Fletcher Building – Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Admission £3.00 – Free to [...]

A good day for digging. We generally follow a no-dig policy at the Allotment, but the beds for the potatoes are always double dug and that was the job for […]

The last roundup. The Daffodil buds that George cut on Sunday have come out overnight.  These blooms are the variety ‘Trena’ and will make it to the Showbench.     […]

Just less than a week until the show, and although there has been a light breeze, mild air and sunshine for the last couple of days we may be due […]

There are Daffodils in flower in George’s Edinburgh Garden and with luck he will be able to cut them and bring them along to the show. The spring snow and […]

  March provides the last chance to cut back all last year’s dead growth and, let’s face it, autumn was just too wet to get anything done. It is not […]

On Friday 16th March, Caley President David Knott was awarded the RHS Associate of Honour. This award is presented to British citizens who have rendered distinguished service to the practice […]

The second ‘Beast from the East’ may have gone but with the lack of warm sunshine progress on the bulb front has been slow. The Pots of Daffodils in George’s […]