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Polytunnel stands its ground in the storms

What beautiful a day to get back in the garden! The sun is shining and I’d go so far as to say it is warm outside, a different…

Kasia’s Plot Design

Plot size My plot is approx. 6.5 by 2m. The prescribed vegetable part will take up to around 1/3 of its entire area. Although in overall the plot…

Kasia’s Plot Calendar

Here is my estimated calendar featuring tasks and activities planned for each month. Date Tasks 5-20 Oct 2011 Soil preparation. Removing vegetation from previous season. Double digging the…

About Kasia’s Plot

Hello and welcome to Kasia’s blog. It is a blog about my first own gardening project – a small plot of land on grounds of the Royal Botanic…

Winter veg in the polytunnel

Our polytunnel has been in place for five months now and we are very pleased with the progress of the crops inside. I popped down to the polytunnel…

Greens all year round

Our drop in session this weekend focused on growing micro leaves and sprouting seeds. As you can see from the photo below, we got a bit distracted and…

The story so far

Welcome to the Edible Gardening Project blog. As well as finding lots of great information and advice to help you start your very own edible garden, you’ll be…

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh – Garden Highlights

Tree Ferns

Tree ferns lend a touch of the exotic and provide key architectural elements in the Queen Mothers Memorial Garden and alongside the Glasshouse ramp. Hailing from such diverse…

Highlights: 31.12.07

Grass cutting commenced on 1st February after a very mild, wet winter. Irrigation was much needed for the Rhododendron collection as growth flushed in the spring and flowering…

Highlights: 26.3.07

M. campbellii: large pink flowers at the top of the tree, H10 M. ‘Charles Raffill’: an improved hybrid between M. campbellii and M. campbellii ssp mollicomata, F30 M….

Highlights: 23.3.07

Visitors to the Caledonian Horticultural Society Show at the caly hall this weekend will be interested in: Magnolia sprengeri var. elongata: seen from the road walking west past…

Highlights: 19.3.07

Recommend the view to the Pentlands, with a dusting of snow and clear sky the hills stand out today Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’, D44 Mahonia polyodonta, SBEC collection,…

Highlights: 12.3.07

Rhododendron x praecox: various locations, will continue to bloom providing early morning sun occurs and there is no frost Rhododendron nobleanum, F05 Primula marginata, alpine wall  

Highlights: 9.3.07

Frog spawn present in the pond of the Demonstration Garden.

Highlights: 5.3.07

The Alpine House is full of bulbous blooms and other alpines of interest Camellia x williamsii ‘Bow Bells’: two plants in the borders of the Front Range, one…