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Wreaths & Bulbs at Sofacoma Market

This Sunday morning, 7th December, the stall will be at Sofacoma just off Lake St with fresh festive wreaths, pots of bulbs for indoors such as Paperwhite narcissi and hyacinths as well as tough miniature bulbs for hopeful colour in … Continue reading

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Wreaths & Bulbs at Sofacoma Market

This Sunday morning, 7th December, the stall will be at Sofacoma just off Lake St with fresh festive wreaths, pots of bulbs for indoors such as Paperwhite narcissi and hyacinths as well as tough miniature bulbs for hopeful colour in … Continue reading

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Bulbs for Winter & Early Spring: Part 1 Indoor &Scented

This year, despite promising myself to cut down, there has been a bit of a bulb (buying and then planting) bonanza. Too many for one post so today’s concentrates on bulbs prepared for inside the house. Forced bulbs such as … Continue reading

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Festive Markets 2025

Now that the weather has a definite chill and the nights are darkening earlier and earlier I don’t feel too guilty about mentioning the festive season and letting you know what’s going to be on offer at the market. An … Continue reading

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Tomatoes, Courgettes & Perennials

This Sunday, 4th May, it will be lovely to be back at Wolvercote Community Market at The White Hart in Wolvercote between 10.00am and midday. The hot, bright weather has been great for the tomato and courgette plants which have … Continue reading

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Beautiful and Healthy Plants at Sofacoma

There will be lots of plants to choose from at Sofacoma Market this Sunday including a range of hardy and half hardy perennials along with the first of the tomato plants. All have been grown locally by me from seed, … Continue reading

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Hardy Perennials – Ready (& Almost Ready)

This week I am back at Sofacoma Market with a range of hardy perennials some ready to plant now and others whose roots haven’t quite filled their pots, but will be ready to plant in the next month. I am … Continue reading

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Early Spring Bulbs & First Hardy Plants

At last signs of Spring with crocus and iris reticulata flowering along with the first narcissus. This week I am back at Wolvercote Community Market with a small range of cheerful bulbs in pots and hardy perennials ready to plant. … Continue reading

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Wolvercote Community Market: Dec 15th

Last day for pre-orders: Saturday, 14th Dec Pick up at Wolvercote market on Sunday between 10.00 and midday. Free delivery within 5 miles of Oxford up to Wed 18th: Despite the storms and sometimes awful weather, the December markets have … Continue reading

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Fresh Wreaths and Bulbs at Sofacoma Market

A selection of fresh and everlasting wreaths will be at Sofacoma Market this Sunday, December 8th, together with beautiful bulbs: there will be the first pots of emerging indoor narcissus and hyacinths as well as crocus and iris reticulata – … Continue reading

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