George Anderson

Not a very pleasant morning here in ‘Sunny Joppa’ today I am afraid but I am sure there are others much worse off than I am. Some of my own pots of Daffs and Hyacinths are now in [...]

The weather has not been kind to us in the past ten days. Storms Ciara and Dennis have delivered bucketloads of rain and some severe gales. Because many pots of my bulbs were well advanced I put [...]

Although the cheery weather girl says it is due to get colder the bulbs continue to be well advanced. It is the mild weather over winter and of late that has caused my bulbs to be so advanced at [...]

The bulbs have been out of the plunge for a week now and the foliage is greening up well.   The hyacinths are very far advanced with some of the flower spikes just showing the faintest of [...]

If you haven’t already heard the news, you will be pleased to know that Beechgrove will be returning next year with a 26 week run! You can find out more news about Beechgrove in this press [...]

  Beechgrove is back on our screens on Thursday 25th July.  Find it on the new BBC Scotland channel (See details in the image above). Do make sure you tune in to ensure the continuing [...]

George is hoping that  the worst of the  March weather is past and looking at the forecast for the next 10 days the winds are expected to be less damaging and the sun is expected to shine.  That [...]

It was chilly session on the allotment but the pots were lifted, sort and taken home to grow on.               

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 [...]