Tag Archives: tulips
Flowers in May
Lovely, local Spring flowers, grown with a light environmental footprint, are available to order now. Arranged in jars, bouquets and buckets they can delivered within 6 miles of Oxford from Friday 14th May. To order, email: thedevelopingplot@gmail.com Prices: Small Jam … Continue reading
Examining the Plot
Just like the allotment, I have found it too easy to forget the plot. It seems I have been in almost total gardening hibernation since November, apart from the odd hour here and there pottering in the greenhouse and digging … Continue reading
Early Spring Colour
This February I had enough early Spring bulbs and flowers to take to two local markets which was cheering, not just because of the splashes of colour and hope of more, but also because I got to meet and chat … Continue reading
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Tagged Carolina, Daffodils, Early Spring, Homesown, iris reticulata, iris reticulata George, Katherine Hodgkin, Scilla sibireca, tulips
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January’s Itchy Flower Growing Fingers
So the skies are blue, but the ground is frozen. The light is increasing day by day, but there is still probably not enough to be planting seeds other than sweetpeas (as everything I read warns me). A quiet month … Continue reading
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Tagged antirrhinums, crocus, iris reticulata, pelargoniums, Rose of Attar, Sarah Raven, scilla, Sweet Mimosa, Sweetpeas, tulips
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Plot Structure
Last week I left the plot in a pretty chaotic state with cardboard and black plastic placed haphazardly over the undug section (ie most of the plot).This Sunday the plan was to make a quick visit to plot with partner … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dowding, hesperis, no dig, thick mulch, tulips
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Growing steadily for the Plot
Sometimes it seems to me as if it will be October before there are any flowers ready to cut and sell. Until recently, the pots planted up with tulips were stubbornly just showing soil and the seedlings seemed to be … Continue reading
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Tagged ammi majus, CommonFarmFlowers, Georgie Newbery, Mother's Day Treat, tulips
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Emerging at the plot
Windy but surprisingly sunny today and time to look more closely at the plot. Too wet to dig, but started on a third bed by the gate by removing large perennial weeds and putting a thick layer of peat free … Continue reading
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