Allotment Tales 25th June 2026
Thursday on the allotment was full of glorious sunshine for the third successive day. Everything at the allotment seems super-charged – crops and weeds alike. It’s suddenly peak strawberry [...]
Allotment tales
It is hard to think that on the 11th June the team abandoned ship after coffee following a valiant attempt at plot maintenance in heavy rain. Then a week later […]
Book Review: Russell Page. The Education of a Gardener.
This is one of the most engaging books on garden design I have come across and yet it has no glossy colour photographs or clever grid patterns to entice you […]
Visit Biggar Bothy – this weekend
If you have been following the Biggar Bothy blog from Jasmin about her garden in Biggar, why not go and see her “Wild and colourful half acre garden and 3 […]
Planting time on the allotment
The 4th of June was a day of sunshine and showers, but felt like peak planting season. The first of the brassicas – healthy little broccoli plants – went in […]
Redcroft in Early June
It is nearly three weeks since we had the garden open. We were very lucky that in the middle of a very wet period we had a lovely afternoon in […]
The Caley at Scone Palace Garden Fair
2026 was the fifth year for the Garden Fair at Scone Palace and every year the show has grown. The Caley has been there every year, the first with a […]
Allotment Tales 25th May 2026
A lovely late Spring Day – hopefully heralding a sunny June to come. Weeding continues to be a main activity at the allotment, amongst delicate germinating roots, in the raspberry […]
