Getting ready for Mapperton House Plant Fair tomorrow and came across this Brother Stefan in the morning sun.
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Flower Spikes Showing
Goes to show how mild this winter has been as in amongst this tray several Twist of Lime and Lemon and Limes have chosen to start flowering!We will be preparing and checking stock for Mapperton Plant Fair tomorrow, so let us know if you would like us to bring any particular varieties with us. So …
All Quiet on the West Country Front
Haven’t posted much for a little while as have been busy potting thousands of Hostas over the last 2 weeks. Finally finished that and am now looking forward to our first event of the year.We will be attending Burrow Farm Gardens Spring Show this Sunday 31st March. Nervous and excited, because it has been a …
Chillie and Garlic mix!
Well here is a 2 litre concentrate of our Garlic and Chilie mix. It actually smells quite nice when your making it and not so garlicy. We used 1 table spoon of chilie flakes per bulb of garlic.Sprayed now, so I will let you know how we get on.Now you are wondering why use this …
Update on removed Hosta
An update on the Hosta June that we took out of the terrarium. Its looking rather nice at the moment.
Look what I found!
Was doing the usual checks on the Hostas and came across this, a Kiwi Hippo that had been munched, however it wasn’t slugs and snails it was a mouse or shrew. So, I’m going to use the modified garlic solution to deal with this. If you add some chilli flakes to the garlic, brew, then …
Changeover to Plant Sales
We have changed the website and have stopped bare root sales and changed over to plant sales.Thankyou to everyone that purchased bare root Hostas, we will be shipping them to you over the next few weeks.The website only has a few potted Hosta varieties currently available but more, will be added each week as they …
More Hostas waking up.
More and more of the #hostas are waking up, Dixie Chick, Golden Tiara, Cracker Crumbs, Guacamole and Goldrush. Just to remind you that there is always a chance of the temperatures falling back again and all these hostas are grown outdoors so fleeces at the ready.
Garlic Drench Time
Well it is that time of year again, Valentines day, February 14th and it is time to start drenching Garlic into the pots to give you that head start for the year.Why do we do this? Well by starting the process now it affects the eggs of slugs and snails that are in the pots …
2 days since Hosta June was taken out.
Well it has been 2 days since June has been in the seed growing booth and as you can see it is growing fast and furious. Will try and acclimatize it outside again once the extremes of the weather have settled down. But on the positive side it is nice to see fresh Hostas leaves.