Musings from the Merse
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Spring is Sprung. The Grass is Riz. I wonder where the mower iz
First spring images of the garden at the Small house in Duns. A labour of love and not of desperation as it often seemed in the vast acres of the Old Manse in Hutton. Its still a three pullover Spring but the Blether Centre has promised us a long hot summer. Cast not a clout 'til May is out will still apply.
Our raspberry plants seem to be the victim of very cold late summer-not a single bud on any of the 11 stalks but 5 shoots have emerged from underground to promise fruit next year at the earliest. The image is of the healthiest survivor
First spring images of the garden at the Small house in Duns. A labour of love and not of desperation as it often seemed in the vast acres of the Old Manse in Hutton. Its still a three pullover Spring but the Blether Centre has promised us a long hot summer. Cast not a clout 'til May is out will still apply.
Our raspberry plants seem to be the victim of very cold late summer-not a single bud on any of the 11 stalks but 5 shoots have emerged from underground to promise fruit next year at the earliest. The image is of the healthiest survivor
Labels: Raspberries, Small House in Duns, Spring
Friday, March 20, 2009
Creating Facts on the Ground
No, Not in Palestine. In the Small House in Duns. Soft fruit garden. AS Burns never had it :
Spring is Sprung,
the Grass is Riz'
I wonder where the Ras'bries
iz
All the other fruit is showing signs of growth but the Rasps
10 sticks in the ground. Remain just that:
Sticks.
But the one label says: 'Bliss' and the other 'Tulameen'
I think I can see a very very very tiny bud on a Bliss.
Keep you posted (npi)
(No more growth in the next two weeks and its the stick burning stove for the lot)
Labels: Raspberries, Small House in Duns, Spring
