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Feb 15, 2008 | 10:05 AM PST
Tag: alpine strawberries
Last Friday we went to Stamford open air market - market days are tuesday and friday- and I purchased three more alpines for the scree garden. More garden tidying up revealed that my alpine strawberry in the growing wall had died. It looked as if birds had beaked it up. On the tuesday round to all the nearby garden centres but no alpine strawberry plants. Back to the computer and logged on to the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) plant finder. You provide a plant common or latin name and it lists up nurseries and garden centres where it is available. Nearest on is located at a place called Pinchbeck in the Fens. Off to Pinchbeck, no sign of said nursery. Called in to another garden center and asked if they knew location. After much discussion on of the staff gave precise directions, so after lunch the directions were followed further into the fens and at last we found it! Joy gave way to misery as the nursery was run down with no stock. Went home by another rout and became ensnared by road works and diversions. Finally back home thinking that a cheap air fare to Switzerland complete with trowel would have been a better solution. The name of the nursery has been omitted to protect the innocent?!??!!. The hunt goes on. For some of you with long memories earlier in the week we went to Connington to see the memorial to the 8th army airforce bomber group that was stationed there during WWII. The runway is still in use by a private company. The church yard was full of snowdrops and aconites and plenty of bird song. Very different from the 1940s. Thought you would like to know.
Feb 15, 2008 | 10:05 AM PST
Tag: alpine strawberries
Last Friday we went to Stamford open air market - market days are tuesday and friday- and I purchased three more alpines for the scree garden. More garden tidying up revealed that my alpine strawberry in the growing wall had died. It looked as if birds had beaked it up. On the tuesday round to all the nearby garden centres but no alpine strawberry plants. Back to the computer and logged on to the RHS (Royal Horticultural Society) plant finder. You provide a plant common or latin name and it lists up nurseries and garden centres where it is available. Nearest on is located at a place called Pinchbeck in the Fens. Off to Pinchbeck, no sign of said nursery. Called in to another garden center and asked if they knew location. After much discussion on of the staff gave precise directions, so after lunch the directions were followed further into the fens and at last we found it! Joy gave way to misery as the nursery was run down with no stock. Went home by another rout and became ensnared by road works and diversions. Finally back home thinking that a cheap air fare to Switzerland complete with trowel would have been a better solution. The name of the nursery has been omitted to protect the innocent?!??!!. The hunt goes on. For some of you with long memories earlier in the week we went to Connington to see the memorial to the 8th army airforce bomber group that was stationed there during WWII. The runway is still in use by a private company. The church yard was full of snowdrops and aconites and plenty of bird song. Very different from the 1940s. Thought you would like to know.
