George has not touched the pots of Caley workshop bulbs since he helped lift them from the plunge on Saturday. The idea is to let them dry off so that he can exercise some control over their [...]
There are some obvious signs of spring in the garden with Iris reticulata ‘Katherine Hodgkin’ showing some good promise of early colour. Meanwhile in the cold glasshouse where [...]
In George’s garden the first of the Spring flowers are starting to show colour and provide interest. In his Joppa garden it has been a relatively mild winter even though there has been [...]
It has been a mild winter so far this time round and it has been interesting to see how plants have responded. Each year about this time reports appear in the press about the early flowering of [...]
This year’s bulb workshop will take place at the Caley Demonstration Allotment on 20th October. Start time is 10am. Thanks to a generous discount from our bulb supplier, Scamp’s [...]
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 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 [...]
