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 […]
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 […]
