We had a beautiful day for the garden opening on 12th May and the word seemed to have gone round that we were having a good plant sale. Consequently we had a record number of people, over 300, [...]
Nine Caley members and friends met with Stan de Prato at Longniddry Bents car park 2 last Tuesday evening for a fascinating, informative and fun insight into the many and varied wildflower plants [...]
The sowing and planting for the summer crops are almost finished. On Thursday, we planted out the runner beans (various varieties), some borlotti beans which are better for drying, French [...]
Thursday was a dull day which promised rain – something that certainly happened, but we did manage to get the grass cut and, as recommended by the BBC programme ‘Springwatch’, [...]
May is the busiest month on the allotment with so much sowing and planting to be done as well as keeping up with the weeding and grass cutting. Today the Brussel sprouts and late cabbages [...]
Apologies to Moira and her team at the Allotment. Due to a few technical difficulties we were unable to post last weeks Allotment Blog to the website. Here it is now. You will get another [...]
You will be delighted to hear that the walled garden has now been re-opened to the public. Do go along to the park and see how beautiful it looks. Unfortunately, the courtyard area which [...]
The first job when we arrive is the walk round to check how everything is doing and what is needing done. On Thursday the first of the potatoes were showing, the second early variety ‘Nicola’, so [...]
Opening your garden is rather a nerve-racking business and I feel as though my head is on the chopping block. With a few days to go, what I see most of are plants which are already over – [...]
On Thursday, we did the first cut of the grass and more seed sowing. We sowed another row of carrots and beetroot to give us a succession of produce and two rows of kohl rabi, both the [...]
