Two weeks of sunshine have seen temperatures rising and crops ripening. The fruit harvest has really kicked in. Last Thursday  (2nd) the team picked punnets of strawberries, black and white […]

It may seem like only yesterday that the allotment crew welcomed George Anderson on to the Caley allotment to demonstrate winter fruit pruning but if you have fruit trees and […]

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 [...]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The past month in my Biggar garden …. Copper Chionochloa: If you have space, this evergreen New Zealand grass Chionochloa rubra, is the perfect all year round plant. It turns […]

Thursday was overcast but mild . The threat of rain didn’t materialise until we were leaving – so good timing. Weeds are exploding everywhere! A lot of time was spent […]

After last week’s sunny weather, we were plunged back into March today – cool and cloudy. We kept the session short as the weeds will always wait for us. Today’s […]

The garden opening is looming. The weather has been beautiful – some plants are flowering ahead of schedule, some are over prematurely, some are yet to perform. Such are the […]

At last – sun without the chill – the kind of day to keep finding jobs to do, rather that heading home for indoor tasks. Oca and red-veined sorrel plants […]