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These days many folks have their beliefs emblazoned on their tee shirts. My husband Kevin proclaims on his sturdy chest that ‘Old men are cool’ and his latest favourite, a […]

This year’s bulb workshop will take place at the Caley Demonstration Allotment on 20th October.  Start time is 10am.  Thanks to a generous discount from our bulb supplier, Scamp’s [...]

Our intrepid reporter has been on his travels again.  This time we sent him over the water to Fife.  I’m pleased to report he made it back safely and sent […]

Here are a few images from the East Lothian Horticultural Society Show earlier this month.  All images are courtesy of Garry Menzies.    

The Caley’s Winter Lecture series starts on Tuesday 2nd October with Ken Cox – “Woodland Gardening”.  This is a joint lecture with Scottish Rock Garden Club. All Caley [...]

After the storm of last Wednesday, we had yet another day of repairing the damage on the allotment. One of the posts holding the willow windbreak had snapped so it […]

Thursday was a day for emergency repairs as the strong winds had snapped at ground level two of the supporting posts for the espalier apples. With the trees in full […]

He’s a very busy man!  Our intrepid reporter Stan has been out and about again this weekend.  I have to confess that we are probably slightly biased in the reporting […]

The best crop ever from the plum tree as you can see from the photograph and there are even more on the side. All the plums were taken off the […]

If you didn’t manage to make it to the show, here are a few images to give you a small taster.