Day 5: A Plant for all seasons There are some plants which are as tough as old boots, live in dark corners, prefer to be totally pot-bound, appear to exist on little more than fresh air and flower in the winter! This is the perfect plant to give to anyone who professes to kill any […]
Croft Gardener
12 Days of Christmas
Day 4: Lichen Log This is a very special Yule log, it might be a little on the small size, but it is of great importance. A good supply of logs is an essential part of the croft winter survival kit. Almost every croft house will have a log or peat burning stove, not only […]
12 Days of Christmas
Day 3: Sunshine in a jar On dreich and stormy December days, when the hours of daylight are curtailed, sunshine is in short supply. These are the days of the great winter darkness, and a gift that captures the warmth and life-giving rays of the sun is to be treasured. Unfortunately mythical heroes who went […]
12 Days of Christmas
Day 2: Galanthus elwesii ‘Mrs Macnamara’ For many Christmas may have been a little more low key, minimalist or subdued than usual; perhaps solitary but I hope not lonely. Christmas for the Croft Gardeners is always secular and modest, but perhaps with a touch of hedonism as befits the Winter Festival. Today it is raining […]
Christmas Candles
On a very grey, wet Hebridean morning I am unable to send you a vision of a snowy Christmas landscape with my seasonal greetings. So instead I offer some glowing floral spires from my greenhouse, a small gift of tropical sunshine.Thank you to everyone whose digital garden diaries have inspired me and made me smile. […]