Have you planted your bulbs for the Spring show yet? George has.
This is where the hopes, dreams and expectations all start. I collected my bulbs from the Bulb Workshop at Saughton on Sunday and have potted them up and placed them […]
Strawberries for lunch on the Allotment
Another warm week and thankfully we had some rain but the watering needs to continue, especially for the soft fruit which was moved in the autumn and is still settling […]
Only seven days to go to the show.
Only seven days to go until it is showtime and most of the pots are looking on course for the show bench. There can be many a slip between now […]
Show time is approaching fast – check on George’s progress
Where does the time go. It seems to disappear faster the older we get, I think. There is only one week to go until the Aberdeen Show in Duthie Park, […]
Growing for the spring show? Expect the unexpected
I suppose that we have come to expect the unexpected when preparing pots of bulbs for the Caley Spring Show. We have had the snow, now all we wait for […]
Only four weeks to go
With only 4 weeks to go until the Caley Spring Show the pulse is quickening and anxiety levels increasing. Some pots are well advanced and others less so. What to […]
One week on and looking promising
One week on from lifting the pots of Caley Bulbs they have all been given their first watering and a dilute potash feed. In general all pots of daffs look […]
The pots are out of the plunge.
On Friday, a few days earlier than normal, we lifted the pots of spring bulbs members had plunged at Saughton to grow for the Spring Bulbs show. The level of […]
Learning new skills on the Allotment
An interesting experience for us on Thursday with a demonstration of grafting. The bush apple, Adams Pearmain, has a bad attack of canker though you might not think it from […]
Caley Award Presentations
The Caley Awards were presented on the 15th of March of this year at our online Award Ceremony, but we gave our award winners the opportunity to receive their awards […]
