Blackberry – ‘Black Butte’ – First of the season 2nd July 2022
Blackberry – ‘Black Butte’ definitely is the first of the season. It is the biggest, earliest and surprising tastes of blackberries.
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Category: Fruit and Nut growing experiences
Fruit and Nut growing experiences (trials and tribulations)
Blog update for SHIMIZU – PEACH (Greenhouse grown) July 1st 2022
SHIMIZU – PEACH – I was surprised to find that one peach had turned a very pale light colour, almost a milky white. I did a slight squeeze test, and it felt very soft.
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Chemical content of Composts – June 2022
As part of my upgarding of the nursery, we decided to investigate alternatives to ‘normal’ compost. Whilst most compost suppliers
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Selection of Furry Fruit (Unripe ) – Mid June 2022
If the weather keeps up, and we have warm rain, it is looking like its going to be good year
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Preston Hall, Pathhead, Midlothian Fig Collection supplied by gb-online.co.uk
The following varieties of figs were supplied over a 3 year period. The intention of Kate Danesh the Senior Gardener
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Soil Analaysis, Chemical content and Trace Elements – November 2021
All my soil gets sampled and sent away for a chemical analysis and report.
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Fig – Too Big for its Pants – Its a Big Fig
We have a fig tree that really got to big in its location. It was only a little plant when
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Plant Health Inspection by APHA July 2021
Today the 7th July 2021 was the first inspection of the year by our (UK’s) APHA or Animal and Plant
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Spring 2021 is here – Apple blossom is out 30th April 2021
Just a few photos of nice and bright fresh flowers from a few unusual varieties
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