In flower now

Allotment Tales 14-08-2025 Another day of building heat, following two scorchers. The ground is very dry, so lots of watering today. Green manure sown a fortnight ago has already come […]

Allotment Tales 31-07-2025 Mild and overcast, but a nice temperature for working. Our lovely strawberries are finished, so time to remove old leaves and straw for another year. Looking ahead […]

I am writing this on the day our lovely heat wave has come to an end and some welcome rain is falling outside. It has been very hot here in […]

Allotment Tales 03-07-2025 A breezy, cloudy start to July but at least we missed yesterday’s deluge, which has done wonders for the weeds and soft fruit! Pam and Richard (from […]

Anna is thinking about the garden opening at Redcroft her Edinburgh garden and the hot weather has created some problems. Apparently we have had more sun in the last few […]

A lovely sunny day! The allotment is at its most colourful just now with patches of brilliant yellow, mauve and crimson around bed edges and under trees. The sweet peas […]

Thursday was a day of April showers so some time needed to be spent sheltering from the rain.  Some useful weeding done, deadheading of the flowers now over and daffodils […]

Thousands of poinsettias were bought for Christmas. They can stay as colourful additions to a room until Easter with care. They have been developed from a wild species Euphorbia pulcherrima […]

Early Iris are a wonderful group of hardy plants which have flowers that rival orchids though they tend not to last as long. The genus shows a wide variety of […]

Crocus are now brightening up many public open spaces.  They  like well-drained soil and sun. But do watch for mice as they like crocus corms. Unlike snowdrops crocus come in […]