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Last Thursday (7th June) saw the first Caley daytrip of 2018.  We visited two gardens near Dollar. The first garden was the newly restored Japanese Garden at Cowden Castle.  This is a beautiful, [...]

Caley President David Knott yesterday made the journey across the Forth to Dalgety Bay to present the worthy winners of ‘Best in Show’ at the 2018 Caley Childrens Show with their [...]

Such a pleasure to be out working on the plot today in the sunshine but as we have had no rain for some time now, we shall need to have the hose out each week to keep the plants growing on well. [...]

I didn’t expect to spend Sunday afternoon in a long queue, preparing to embark the Hamnavoe in the hope of spotting whales, dolphins and puffins, whilst having a chat about next year’s Garden [...]

A sunny day but still a cold wind.  All of the apples are covered in amazing display of blossom. The saskatoon (Amelanchier alnifolia) is in full flower too. The cold spring is definitely [...]

A busy day on the plot with clearing, sowing, planting and digging done and the first cut of the year for the grass. The strawberry bed had its protective matting taken off to let us in to weed, [...]

Today the remaining potatoes were planted out and we had another bonfire to clear the plot of waste wood. Last week a sowing was made of carrots and beetroot, so we shall wait for another couple [...]

I have been battling against the wind all day in an attempt to get the garden at The Quoy of Houton into a less embarrassingly unkempt state. I tell myself that every hour is an achievement in [...]

On Thursday there was no sign of warmer days and a cold east wind was blowing which kept the allotment crew on the move. Plans to get the early potatoes in and sow the first rows of carrots and [...]

The Caley show may be over but the season has been so slow there is still plenty of time to enjoy daffodils. The car is packed with a few blooms ready to head off to Dundee.  The Dundee show is [...]