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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 [...]

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 […]

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.

A pleasantly warm day with sunshine to speed up the ripening of the Victoria plums. They are looking ready to pick but are still sticking resolutely to the branches! Last […]