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 […]
Well, after all the struggles through the season so far we have arrived at the week of the show. Daffodils are in bloom in streets, country lanes and urban gardens […]
The pots of Caley bulbs have all been staked where necessary and put outside in the shade to hold them back a bit because they have been making good growth […]
The weather has taken a turn ( some would say for the better) and as a consequence there has been some movement on the bulb front. The pot of ‘Pink […]
Wintery conditions limited activity on the allotment over January and into February. Some work has been possible – pruning the hazel windbreak, replacing bed surrounds, perennial weeding. These [...]
Well, the second stage of the bulb growing process has begun. The pots of Caley bulbs have been lifted from the plunge, cleaned up and set out in the cold […]
There was a cooler feel in the air on Thursday morning with the first rain in what seems like weeks – heavy showers, though too short to make much of […]
