LOOSING THE PLOT........beneath the snow.

HO ! HO ! HO! SANTA IS VERY EXCITED,IT APPEARS THAT EVERYTHING THAT HE WANTED FOR CHRISTMAS ARRIVED THIS YEAR. HE'S EVEN PLANNED THE BED.......... THE QUESTION IS WHO DELIVERED HIS PRESENT ?

We know who is delivering ours,we just need the temperature to lift enough to get them out of Scotland.

I am going to sow a few Kelsae onions tomorrow and then settle down with glass of whiskey and a good seed catalogue.

WE ARE FLOATING IN THE AIR ?

The weather outside may have been frightful,but it does not seen to have deterred the 'tree folk' and trade has been quite boisterous. I would love to plant a microphone in amongst the Christmas trees. I could capture some wonderful commentary as families air their differences over the shapes and sizes. One family spent well over an hour selecting.Having experienced a Christmas with a twig, I have already bagged a 'big un' and hidden it. I am just hoping to avoid domestic repercussion.




IN THE PINK !


There has also been good interest in the last minute gift items too and particularly in our collection of retro pink (well,that's what the packet said) accessories. The wheelbarrows in particular,are amazing and are also offered in burgundy and purple.

Bench mark of a good gardener

Here we are in the second week of the freeze, the days dominated by Christmas tree wrapping and repairs. I am amazed at the early interest in trees. Its probably all down to the resolved needle drop issue.

We are in the process of cleaning up around the site and the troops today have been engaged in 'bench painting' .............what a pity that radio volume doesn't have an impact on paint drying, the benches could have been back out by lunch time.

The slightly frustrating thing about this chill,has been the collapse of soft fruit and bare root hedging sales. We have it all bundled up ready to go,but frankly you need a pneumatic drill to get the things into the ground.

All good things must..........and do

How quickly the days have raced away,in just six months moving from Chilli to very,very chilly and Christmas knocking at the door.

It has been an amazing Autumn, with the best colour in years, but it all is forgotten with the cutting swipe of an east wind and the arrival of Christmas trees and Poinsettias.

We hold back to the last with our celebrations,trading only in the festive perishables (avoiding the tinsel and trinkets trade).All the signs are good for a lively run in. Particularly pleasing is the early interest in flowers for Christmas. We have taken quite a few early telephone orders too and will be delivering into the darkness on Christmas Eve I suspect.