Wednesday, 24 June 2015

EARLY SUMMER FLOWERS

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EARLY SUMMER FLOWERS Early summer is that in between stage, when the bulbs and other spring flowers are all finished and the summer ...
Monday, 15 June 2015

AN EARLY HARVEST

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AN EARLY HARVEST The feel good factor runs high when the first crops of the year are advanced enough to pick. After a rhubarb pickin...
Tuesday, 9 June 2015

POTTERING AROUND

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POTTERING AROUND Early summer is the time of year when we have caught up with most of the major gardening tasks, but there is a nev...
Sunday, 31 May 2015

PLANT OUT THE TENDER PLANTS

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PLANT OUT THE TENDER PLANTS Summer is a bit late this year so I have been in no rush to plant out my sweet corn, courgettes, pumpkins...

UNDER GLASS

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UNDER GLASS The greenhouse has been straining to cope with young growing plants waiting on a decent spell for hardening off. Dahlia...
Sunday, 17 May 2015

FRUIT CROPS

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FRUIT CROPS Top fruit The dormant season may have passed but there is still time to plant fruit trees and bushes as most plants a...
Monday, 11 May 2015

A DAY ON THE ALLOTMENT

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A DAY ON THE ALLOTMENT As the risk of frost gets less, we can now start to sow those less hardy vegetables such as dwarf French bea...
Sunday, 3 May 2015

SPRING FLOWERS

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SPRING FLOWERS Early May is tulip time, and this year our dry warm spring has brought numerous other plants into flower. Our season...
Sunday, 26 April 2015

SERIOUS PLANTING AND SOWING

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SERIOUS PLANTING AND SOWING Planting the broad beans In a normal year we make a start to sowing and planting on the allotment i...
Monday, 20 April 2015

DUNDEE BOTANICAL GARDENS

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DUNDEE BOTANICAL GARDENS Dundee Botanical Gardens were started in 1971 by Dundee University to meet the needs of the botany staff. ...