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The tent is up!

January 25, 2023Darryl Purcell

The weather has been horribly and persistently cold over the last week, with many days struggling to get above freezing during daylight hours too ❄️ Beautiful, frosty, sunny days but...

Things to keep you going on grey days

January 11, 2023Melanie Purcell

Well, the weather this week could only be described as grey and dismal with a bit of rain thrown in for good measure ☔️ The sort of week where everything seems...

Chillies, Cobaea and a SALE!

January 04, 2023Melanie Purcell

Well, the Christmas decorations are packed up for another year and New Year resolutions already fading into the background but..... ....new year brings new life and the chillies are germinating...

New Year Sowings

December 28, 2022Darryl Purcell

New Year and new sowings, looking forward to new chilli varieties and some new growing media

Beautiful Biennials!

May 15, 2021admin

Biennials....an absolute must if you want early flowers in your cutting garden. It may seem as though you have been sowing seeds for months (you probably have!) and perhaps don't...

Posy Perfection

May 07, 2021admin

May has been a mad month so far with sunshine, strong winds, rain, hail and frosts....the poor flowers that had made an appearance didn't stand much of a chance really....

Honestly the Honesty is flowering!

April 12, 2021admin

And suddenly there she was! I was just on my way to the greenhouse a few days ago to check on all the seedling after the frosts and snow showers...

Sunshine and acclimatising chillies.

April 03, 2021admin

The warmest March days in many years meant we decided to start acclimatising the chilli plants. They are all so stocky and healthy and we even have some buds appearing...

Look who has woken up!

March 15, 2021admin

Confirmation that spring (despite some very cold and windy days this week) has truly arrived. I was 2 years old when Flash was given to me by my grandparents.....and now,...

Out with the old and in with the new!

March 06, 2021admin

🐞Today (although really far too cold, but you can't choose your day off!) was a day for planting out some of the old (these were sown last autumn) hardy annuals...

It's beginning to feel like spring!

February 22, 2021admin

Well what a difference a week makes! Last week we were shivering under a blanket of snow and ice; but this week the weather has become mild, sunny and definitely...

Under a blanket of snow

February 13, 2021admin

Well, this week it has all been about the snow. It snowed and it snowed and then it kept on snowing. Everything covered in white drifts, making daily tasks take...