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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 [...]

The buds on the newly planted cherry are filling out so time to net it against the bullfinches who would strip in in no time. We haven’t seen any but don’t want to take the chance. [...]

A good day for digging. We generally follow a no-dig policy at the Allotment, but the beds for the potatoes are always double dug and that was the job for today. We decided on a trial this year [...]

The last roundup. The Daffodil buds that George cut on Sunday have come out overnight.  These blooms are the variety ‘Trena’ and will make it to the Showbench.     You still [...]

Just less than a week until the show, and although there has been a light breeze, mild air and sunshine for the last couple of days we may be due some more cold weather in the coming week [...]

There are Daffodils in flower in George’s Edinburgh Garden and with luck he will be able to cut them and bring them along to the show. The spring snow and low temperatures have made 2018 a [...]

  March provides the last chance to cut back all last year’s dead growth and, let’s face it, autumn was just too wet to get anything done. It is not a great idea here to cut too much back in [...]

On Friday 16th March, Caley President David Knott was awarded the RHS Associate of Honour. This award is presented to British citizens who have rendered distinguished service to the practice of [...]