Yesterday I was planting daffodils with the help of a pickaxe. This wasn’t the original plan. Three years ago, with the help of many volunteers, we planted our first daffodils as an understorey to the first apple trees. Despite never being weeded or mulched, and despite being accidentally ploughed up by a contractor one year,Continue reading “Pickaxe planting”
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Daffodil harvest
We had such a nice surprise today! We were at the farm, preparing the nursery bed, ready for the trees we’ll be grafting next month. More on this later. And we thought we’d just have a go at harvesting a few daffodils to see if we had enough to make up a couple of bunchesContinue reading “Daffodil harvest”
Daffodils
The daffodils are coming! We are excited – and slightly nervous. The first daffodils are opening at the orchard. This means we need to start picking and selling them really soon. Eek! We each picked a first experimental bunch last Sunday and took them home. The straight stalks and green closed buds didn’t look much.Continue reading “Daffodils”