The strawberries are now finished so time to remove the straw, cut off all the old leaves and give them a feed of fish, blood and bone to help them […]
On Thursday more winter veg were planted out – Swiss chard, red cabbage and Savoy cabbages. A weekly soak and more normal temperatures are certainly benefitting the plants. This is […]
An interesting find on Thursday – the splendid black/yellow striped caterpillars of the cinnabar moth grazing on some ragwort which was growing in a flower bed. Ragwort and groundsel are [...]
And it’s strawberry time! The dry weather has suited them very well and we even have a few autumn raspberries. The gooseberries will be ready next week, there has been […]
It was a great pleasure on Thursday to see most of the grafts for the apple tree which has bad canker have taken so we now have a replacement growing […]
Thursday was a day of sun and showers, but the strong south westerlies were drying out the soil almost as soon as it was wetted!  No Mow May is giving us […]
A deal of weeding done on Thursday, mostly amongst the hazels, removing plants like alkanet and willow herb. The cordon red currant was planted in place of the cordon gooseberry […]
An interesting experience for us on Thursday with a demonstration of grafting. The bush apple, Adams Pearmain, has a bad attack of canker though you might not think it from […]
A chilly start on Thursday with the haar well down on Arthur’s Seat but ending in bright sunshine. And it was a busy day with the rest of the potatoes […]
