Archive for January, 2008

World Tulip Summit 2008

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Karen Platt speaks at the world Tulip Summit 2008 on Thursday 1st May. The presentation is entitled 'The Quest for the Black Tulip'. Anna Pavord is also giving a talk on the origins of the tulip.Tulips have long been a favourite flower. I have written about green tulips in my ...

Searching for Seed

Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Few take the time these days to sow from seed, but it's worth the effort for so many reasons. I started sowing from seed as a hobby many years ago. In fact my first introduction to seed sowing was at age 10, when I was shown how to grow greenhouse tomatoes.The first ...