Willow windbreak....

Being quite an exposed site we need some form of windbreak and we decided to go for a natural solution along the boundaries so today has been willow planting day. Apparently they should grow between 6 and 10 FEET this year!!! 

These are 2 foot rods planted 1 foot deep through weed control fabric

A great idea for firewood also so we'll be planting a lot more next season 

You can have your first wood fuel harvest just 3 years after planting and can realistically expect a harvest of 8-10 tonnes of dry wood per hectare (about 2 1/2 acres) per year.

The Tatties are in !!!!

Well thanks to the fine weather that's the tatties all in Maris Piper, Desiree,Kerrs Pink (all Main crop), Sarpo Miro and a few experimental ones for us Saxon, Carlingford and Nicola (2nd Earlies)

Not perfect but the tattie planter worked pretty well just 3 1/2 hours work compared with probably 2 days by hand

And a rare picture of the other tattie planter......the boss!!

7500 Onions next........

Tomato Varieties

Just for those tomato growers the 2 varieties we will have for the plant sale are Alicante and Shirley which have always done well for us and are both medium size and good tasting and usually crop well

Plant Sale Date

Our Plant Sale will be on

Saturday 14th May 2016 from 10am till 2pm (ish!!) 

here at Waulkmill. 

Parking will be in the field below the house and we will have all our plants in the Polytunnels so if its a fine sunny day it will be hot but if its raining at least we'll be dry!!

For those who don't know where we are we are at Waulkmill just off B9119 Coming from Aberdeen direction heading towards Tarland we are just past the old Crossroads hotel (now Patersons stoves) on the right hand side (there is a signpost saying Waulkmill) go down the hill and then up the hill and we are on the right hand side. 

Obviously coming from Tarland direction we are just before the crossroads on the left!!

We will get some signs out on the day
 
We can only take cash ...sorry...we don't have any card facilities

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Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you all

Plant Sale Update.....

Okay weather is not cooperating so we're delaying deciding on a date for the plant sale BUT we can say that we will have the following :

Hanging baskets from £5.00 Flowers and Strawberries

Trailing plants
Lobelia Mixed
Surfinia
Petunia
Nepeta
Geranium
Fuchsia

Bedding Plants
Petunia
Pansies
Nicotinana
Chrysanthemum
French Marigold
Geranium

Herbs
Curly Parsley
Garden MInt
and fingers crossed..
coriander
tarragon
basil

Veg Plants
Kale
Cauli
Broc (sprouting)
Calabrese
Cabbage
Purple sprouting broc
Tomatoes
Peppers
Courgettes

Prices will as they say be VERY competitive hopefully we'll let you have a date and times by Friday. The poly tunnels are looking more and more like a mini garden centre

Making the most of the good weather...

Great busy weekend whilst the weather is fine as after today goodness knows whats coming. We have our soft fruit in - Raspberries, Blackcurrants, Red Currants,Gooseberries,Blackberries,Goji Berries and Rhubarb 

No doubt if the forecast is correct our windbreak will be tested fully!!

Also managed to get the Tattie patch rotavated so we're ready to roll shortly..... weather permitting....

A Harrowing experience......

Well that's the Veg patch harrowed now thanks to the dry weather although the soil is still quite damp underneath. Thanks once again to our farmer neighbour Will Tulloch....would have taken me a week in our wee tractor!!

Hopefully tatties in this week weather permitting......please.......