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The first sunflowers are beginning to bloom at the plot with roses and lots of other lovelies such as scabious, daisies and sweetpeas. Not so many plants available now as many of the perennials need time to fill their bigger pots, but there are different varieties of healthy and fragrant scented pelargoniums in small and medium terracotta pots. See below for more details.

If you would like to order flowers or plants, please email me: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com

Delivery is free within 5 miles of Oxford with a minimum order of £10.00. Alternatively, orders can be picked up from Sofacoma Market, Lake St, Oxford this Sunday, July 3rd.

Flowers

All flowers and plants are raised in peat free compost using an organic approach. Due to rising costs (of compost in particular) some prices have been increased slightly this week.

A Jam Jar of flowers: £7.50

A Pickle Jar of flowers: £11.00

Bouquets of flowers: start at £15.00 in a vase or wrapped

Buckets of flowers: £20 for at least 30 stems; £25 for at least 40 stems and £35 for at least 60 stems

Pelargonium Plants

Below is a selection of some of the pelargoniums available together with Pink Capitatum and Attar of Roses.

Prices:

In a 9cm plastic pot: £3.00

In a small terracotta pot: £4.00

In a medium terracotta pot: £5.00

Freshly picked, locally grown flowers are available for delivery to your door this Saturday and Sunday. Delivery is free within 5 miles of Oxford with a minimum order of £10. All the flowers are grown using an organic approach and are cottage garden favourites which are chosen for their loveliness and their positive impact on the environment, particularly for pollinating insects. Roses, sweetpeas, delphiniums and a wide variety of other seasonal flowers will be included in this week’s selection. More details below.

If you would like to order, please email me at: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com

Prices:

A jam jar of flowers (with at least 15 stems): £7.00

A pickle jar (with at least 20 stems): £10.00

Bouquets start at £15 and go up to £30

A bucket of flowers (with at least 40 stems): begin at £20 with larger buckets available.

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The alternating sun and rain mean that there is an abundance of flowers for this week’s jars, bunches and bouquets. Cottage garden favourites such as roses, peonies and delphiniums are blooming alongside astrantia, sweet peas, love in a mist and many other lovelies. All grown using an organic approach, they are freshly cut from the plot which is walking distance from the market at Lake Street.

There are also a range of plants including different varieties of scented pelargonium, antirrhinums and cosmos. For more detail, see below.

No deliveries this week, but pre-orders can be made for pick up at the market from 10.00am until midday this Sunday. Email any orders to: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com before 6.00pm on Saturday.

Flowers:

A jam jar of flowers: £7.00 (at least 15 stems)

A pickle jar of flowers: £10.00 (at least 20 stems)

A vase of flowers: £15.00 (at least 30 stems)

Bouquets: £15.00 upwards

A bucket of flowers: £20.00 upwards

Plants:

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Back at the Market this week with flowers and a small number of plants. No deliveries until next week, but garden-gathered bouquets, pickle jars and jam jars of flowers can be pre-ordered for collection at the Market. This week there will also be wraps of single varieties: cornflowers, sweetpeas, love in a mist and sweet williams.

Peonies and roses will be the stars of the mixed bunches.

Wraps of single varieties start at £2.50

Bouquets start at £15.00

Pickle Jars: £10

Jam Jars: £6.50

This week all the flowers are on their way to a family wedding so no deliveries or market stalls until the first week of June when it will be business as usual!

This Sunday, the Homesown stall will be at Sofacoma Market, Lake St with healthy plants and lovely flowers all grown on Oxford’s doorstep in peat free compost using an organic approach. For a selection of what’s available, please see below. Pre-orders for pick up at the Market and orders for delivery can be made by email to: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com Delivery is free within 5 miles of Oxford with a minimum order of £10. Deliveries this week can be arranged for Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th May.

Flowers

The garden seems to be speeding into early Summer and the tulips are making way for the ranunculus, fragrant sweet rocket, cornflowers and geums. There will be a small selection of flower jars and bunches at the market, but please pre-order if you know you would like one as the plot hasn’t swung into full production yet.

Jam jars: £6.50 each

Pickle jars: £10

Bouquets start at £15

Tomato Plants: £1.80 each

All the tomato plants are in 9cm pots of peat free compost and are cordon varieties which need to have their side shoots removed and to be tied to a support as they grow. They have all been chosen for their excellent flavour and the fact they can all be grown outside.

Sungold: an orange cherry this is one of the sweetest and delicious tomatoes ever.

Gardener’s Delight: a red cherry tomato which is a reliable old favourite with great flavour.

Black Krim: a large, beefsteak tomato with the most amazing flavour.

Stupicke Polni Rane: a medium sized tomato which tastes very good and is bred to have blight resistance which makes it very suitable for growing outdoors.

Courgettes in 9cm pots £2.00: green varieties, Defender and Romanesco and yellow variety, Gold Rush.

Flowering Plants:

There will be a selection of annuals including Cosmos Rubenza, sunflowers, pink chinese forget me nots as well as some perennials. Annuals start at £1.00 a 7cm pot and perennials at £2.50 a 9cm pot.

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After a month’s break Homesown will be back at the markets starting this weekend with a stall at the Wolvercote Community Market on Sunday 8th May. Orders for delivery and pre-orders for pick up at the market can be made by email: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com There is free delivery within 5 miles of Oxford for orders of £10 or more.

Below is only a selection of what is available this week.

Vegetables:

Tomatoes: all £1.80 a pot

There are four different varieties to choose from. Most are still in 9cm pots and are being hardened off. They have all been chosen for their flavour and how well they have grown for me in the past. All can be grown outside or under cover and they are all excellent croppers. They are all cordon varieties which means they will need to be tied in to a support as they grow and have any side shoots removed. They will need a little more hardening off before being planted out after all danger of frost has gone.

Black Krim: Perhaps the most delicious tomato of all. It can be grown either under cover or outside once the weather is good. It produces large fruit in abundance which are fantastic either eaten raw or cooked in sauces.

Sungold: A favourite orange skinned cherry tomato which is perhaps the sweetest of tomatoes.

Gardener’s Delight: a reliable red cherry tomato which has great flavour.

Stupicke Polni Rane: a medium sized tomato which has a very good flavour and is bred to be blight resistant which makes it particularly good for growing outdoors.

Courgettes: £2.00 a 9cm pot

Either a green variety, Defender or Romanesco, both prolific producers with delicious courgettes or the yellow variety, Gold Rush.

Sweetcorn: 60p a 7cm pot

Flowering Plants:

Perennials: £5.00 a 2 litre pot; £4.00 a 1.5 litre pot; £3.50 a litre pot; £3.00 a 12cm pot and £2.50 a 9cm pot.

Annuals: there will be a selection of annuals available at the market including Sunflower Vanilla Ice; Calendula Snow Princess and zeolights as well as Nicandra which has beautiful blue flowers as well as extremely attractive dark seedheads. Price: £1 for 7cm pots and £1.25 for 9cm pots.

Flowers:

There will be Market bunches (£10) and jam jars (£6.50 upwards) available on Sunday.

£10.00 Pickle jars of flowers and bouquets starting at £15.00 can be delivered from this Saturday and Sunday. For delivery, orders need to be made a day in advance. Tulips, ranunculus and honesty are the stars of this week’s bunches with other lovely supporting acts such as aquilegias and anemones.

Next week, Sunday 15th May, we will be at Sofacoma Market in Lake Street, Oxford.

This is a month of weddings (close family and friends) so Homesown is on an extended holiday until the first week of May. Then there will be flowers and lots of tender vegetable plants including a range of tomato varieties, courgettes, cucumbers and beans as well as half hardies such as cosmos.

What a shift in the weather from the warm sun of last week to these wintery, freezing temperatures though the bright, extra light is a wonderful bonus.

This week’s perennials and seedlings are fine to plant out as long as the ground isn’t actually frozen as they have been hardened off outside throughout Winter. If you are interested in ordering or pre-ordering plants or flowers for collection at Wolvercote Community Market this Sunday, please email me: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com This will be the last market until early May.

Orders can also be delivered for free within 5 miles of Oxford with a minimum order of £10. Deliveries this week will be on Saturday and Sunday.

Flowers

Flower Jars:

• Small jam jars start at £6.50 with at least 15 stems
• Pickle jars are £10.00 with at least 20 stems

Bouquets:

• A small bouquet is £15 and can be ordered in a vase or gift wrapped. Each one contains at least 30 stems.

Larger bouquets can be ordered from £20 to £30 either gift wrapped or in a vase.

Plants

Perennials:

Perennial Prices:

In 2 litre pots: £5.00, 1 litre pots:£3.50 & plants in 9cm £2.50

Annuals:

The last of the named sweetpeas and the ones grown from Homesown seed at £1.50 a pot (scroll down to see details in last week’s post)

Cerinthe seedlings: £1 in a 7cm pot – roots just reaching the bottom.

I will be back at Sofacoma and Wolvercote Markets in May with a range of plants including different tomato and courgette varieties. Flowers will be available to order for Easter.

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Lovely, Spring flowers and blossomy foliage are available to order for delivery on Saturday 26th March or Sunday 27th March. See below for what’s available. Delivery is free within 5 miles of Oxford with a minimum order of £10. Alternatively, orders can be collected at South Oxford Community Market from 10.00am until midday on Sunday morning when there will also be a small range of plants.

The flowers and foliage are locally grown by me and supplemented with flowers from other local and British growers chosen for their sustainable approach. As well as the jars and bunches, bespoke bouquets can be made too – just ask. Smaller jars of flowers will be available at the market.

Please email flower orders to: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com by Friday morning for this weekend.

Flowers

Mixed Bouquets

These range from £15 to £30 and can be ordered gift wrapped or arranged in a vase. As a guide, each £15 bouquet will include at least 30 stems and often more.

Mixed Jars

Jam jars for £6.50 – with at least 12 stems of the loveliest flowers and foliage

Pickle jars for £10 – with at least 20 stems of the loveliest flowers and foliage

There will also be bunches of narcissi to buy at the Market on Sunday.

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