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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
