by Nick | Jul 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
We have decided to add some more joy to the household with this beautiful little Italian Maremma girl. 2 weeks old at the time of the photo it weighed 1.5 kg so I guess the shopping bill for pet food will blow out somewhat when she matures to her expected 50...
by Nick | Jul 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Further work on foundations is now complete. 75mm rock and deco together with a 150 mm layer of road base scalps compacted on top give a flat serviceable surface ready for weed mat. All four pads have a fall of approximately 200mm for good drainage. Using a Leica...
by Nick | Jun 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
After filling the first shade house in quick time, it was clear a second would be required to house the Clivia collection which has to be re-housed from Stanmore Horticultural when the business sells. As this section of land falls away 5 meters over 48 meters it is...
by Nick | Jun 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
June this year saw the beginnings of a very good harvest of my broadleaf Chinese Clivia seeds. Here we have pods prior to cleaning. These pods yielded an average of approximately 5 seeds each with many containing up to 14. The yield for this batch was about 1400...
by Nick | May 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Another exceptional Peach Clivia bloom opening early (24th May 2019). Flowering in a 25cm pot, this plant is yet to show any offsets but may reveal early ones below surface when bare rooted for posting to the customer.
by Nick | May 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Freshly harvested vansonii seeds Tuesday 7th May 2019. Next stage – cleaning! A gentle rub under running water produces the cleaned seed. Next – the sorting and drying! The sorted dry seeds ready for sale. The rejects such as germinating and marked seeds...