by Dennis Footman | Nov 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
We’re all gonna die!! This winter there will be 100ft snowdrifts, it will be so cold the flames on your fires will freeze and Polar Bears will emigrate south; ripping everyone’s heads off! Sorry…. I slipped into ‘Daily Express’ mode. I...
by Dennis Footman | Nov 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
At the end of 2012, I was writing posts that were predicting the weather for 2013 but the one thing you cannot predict, is what happens in the garden and in life itself. I can quite easily say that 2013 has been the most challenging year for me…. in both the...
by Dennis Footman | Jun 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Now, this was something I never expected to do….and that was to judge a Rose and Flower show. Between May Ball and Graduation day, I had an unexpected phone call from my Dad saying that my Uncle wanted to speak to me about judging a Rose and Flower show. I was...
by Dennis Footman | May 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
After a long winter and a late spring, we get a little warmth and some sun and everything goes off with a bang….especially the weeds. It is that green tide of endless mowing and weeding that we get this time of year. Theses are not Trinity weeds….they...
by Dennis Footman | Apr 20, 2013 | Uncategorized
We always have our open day early April usually within the first two weeks of the month. Each year, we cross our fingers hoping that the Prunus x yedoensis ‘Somei-Yoshino’ will still be flowering for the open day but this year, unfortunately it...
