Tag Archives: tulips

Tulips, Tulips, Tulips!

Posted on April 9, 2024 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

Last week’s warm weather was a signal for the garden grown tulips to rocket up and they have been going from tight bud to almost open flowers in just a few days. They are strong and tall with large flamboyant … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Spring Flowers at the Markets

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

More and more flowers for cutting are opening in the garden and these (supplemented with other Spring loveliness from British growers) will be for sale over the next two Sundays at local markets. Orders for Mothers Day can be made … Continue reading →

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Bright Spring Flowers

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

With new blossom and buds emerging there are moments when it has felt like Spring especially in the last couple of days when there was a rest from the incessant rain and warmth in the sun. The first of the … Continue reading →

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Flowers in May

Posted on May 11, 2021 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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 →

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Examining the Plot

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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 →

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Early Spring Colour

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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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January’s Itchy Flower Growing Fingers

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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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Plot Structure

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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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Growing steadily for the Plot

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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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Emerging at the plot

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Homesown@thedevelopingplot

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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