New Year
Time to make your garden New Year resolutions and start planning for the year ahead.
Worrying about Peat Free Compost
Lots of people want to be kind to the environment and move to peat free but have found it hard to work with. Watch this video to learn how to use it. It is a completely different product to peat so needs completely different handling.
The seed potatoes are in!
We have first earlies, second earlies, maincrop and salad potatoes all ready to start chitting.
If you want to have a mixture of varieties so you can have lovely homegrown potatoes all through the season then you can just buy ten (instead of a whole net) and pick and mix the ones you want.
Sales for Charity
These two lovely ladies popped in the first week in January to say that over the years, in total, they have raised over £6000 for St Elizabeth Hospice and in memory of Tony. This year they are aiming to reach £7000.
All the items are handmade by Monica and her daughter Mary brings fresh stock in each week. There are bags, tissue covers, glasses cases, peg bags in beautiful fabrics and even vintage dishcloths.
Thank you everyone who has bought items over the last few years.
Time to Think
Winter is all about taking time to plan in preparation for the year to come. If you need a boost then you can come and wander around our plant area for inspiration. The whole plant area is outside. Our shrubs are out on the A-Z bed.
We accept National Garden Gift Vouchers and Gift Cards
We sell and accept National Garden Gift Cards. We also have our own gift vouchers.
At this time of year lots of people have been given vouchers for Christmas and we accept these vouchers here at the nursery. You can spend them on plants, in the farm shop or any garden product.
Seed Potatoes
The seed potatoes are in the shop from January 8th.
We have a massive mixture of varieties including the favourites such as;
Nadine, Cara, Pentland Crown, King Edward, Maris Piper, Foremost, Accord, Charlotte.
It is time to start chitting. Take a look at Ruth’s blog on the gardening tips page for our recommendations on how to grow your own potatoes.
We also have onion and garlic sets.
Snowdrops, Bluebells and Aconites in the green
We will be stocking all these natural woodland bulbs in the next few weeks. It is best to plant them ‘in the green’. This is because they do not like to dry out so they have been lifted from the ground when their leaves are showing. You need to plant them as soon as possible to make sure they thrive.
If you would like to know a little bit about the history of snowdrops you can read Ruth’s blog here
For how to plant snowdrops we have a gardening tip here on the website. You can click here to read it.
