Only seven days to go to the show.
Only seven days to go until it is showtime and most of the pots are looking on course for the show bench. There can be many a slip between now […]
A warmer day on the Allotment
Finally a warmish spring day but the wet start on Thursday meant we didn’t have time to get the bonfire going or clear out the shed. The ground was also […]
Show time is approaching fast – check on George’s progress
Where does the time go. It seems to disappear faster the older we get, I think. There is only one week to go until the Aberdeen Show in Duthie Park, […]
Tales from the Garden – Early Spring at Redcroft
It is a sure sign that Spring is on the way when Anna starts her blog again. Her beautiful Edinburgh garden, Redcroft, is open to the public in May through […]
Feeding time on the Allotment
On Thursday, the allotment thankfully had only a dusting of snow and the ground was not frozen so we carried on with the programme of preparing the onion bed with […]
Growing for the spring show? Expect the unexpected
I suppose that we have come to expect the unexpected when preparing pots of bulbs for the Caley Spring Show. We have had the snow, now all we wait for […]
New raspberry plants on the Allotment
Last autumn, the autumn raspberry Joan J succumbed to raspberry phytophthora and all the plants were removed. More bare-rooted plants were bought, this time the variety is Polka, and these […]
Only four weeks to go
With only 4 weeks to go until the Caley Spring Show the pulse is quickening and anxiety levels increasing. Some pots are well advanced and others less so. What to […]
