Cranford Farm Ducks Here are some of the Cranford Farm ducks enjoying a splash around in one of their drinking tubs. They have a separate swimming pond but for some reason they just can’t help having a little splash whenever their water is changed. Looking back from their first photographs they are looking so much…
In the middle of March the power sieve and generator arrived. During all of our building works a lot of good soil was probably taken away. In hindsight I wish I had done more to try to save it. But the time was just not available to us then and our priorities were focussed on…
Ducks – Cranford Farm Ducks have moved into Cranford Farm. Rather randomly 25 ducks walk up the lane looking for their new forever home. After wandering up a number of neighbours drives and causing quite a commotion with drivers trying to drive up the lane they settle on our front drive. Simon being the softie…
Progress 2019 In April the pyracantha are planted in the flower border. Without the benefit of bulbs or annuals the garden is looking a little sparse. A couple of months later the pyracantha are settling into their new home well and are growing out as well as up. Download QR
Aeroponics Pyracantha Cuttings – November 2017 Aeroponics Pyracantha Cuttings were one of the first things we propagated using aeroponic propagator (GroWell 120 Plant Aeroponic Propagator) and a Propagation Light. Using a readily available Pyracantha shrub to take some cuttings, which was growing through one of our fences in the back garden. Setting the timer provides…
Sown in March 2017 in a heated propagator under a grow light, then planted in the front flower borders during May. Producing flowers for me until October. I have been collecting and drying out the seed heads throughout the year. To be sowed in 2018 (and to give to friends and family). Although, The…
Aeroponics – Blueberry Cuttings – October 2017 In September we started some Aeroponics Blueberry Cuttings along with some other fruit bushes and shrubs in our X-Stream heated propagator. After about a month the blueberry cuttings are doing well. It won’t be long before they are ready to transplant into pots. Then overwintered in the greenhouse…
On 8th July 2017 we took possession of some Lavatera cuttings from my sister-in-law and brother-in-law. When we took the cuttings the Lavatera was hosting a beautiful display of pink flowers and was probably standing about six feet tall. By 20th July 2017 two of the cuttings were starting to develop long roots. A third one started to…
Currants seem to be the quickest thing to root in the Aero , we have had signs of roots in 4 days . We have been growing these to plant up in the back garden. Once they have started fruiting, we will pick the blackcurrants. Freeze them and then use them in smaller quantities to…
We first stumbled on the idea of Aeroponics whilst watching Gardner’s World. A propagator was being used by a grower to increase the speed and the amount of plants he could reproduce. After some research the next morning we decided on the X-Stream 120 Site Propagator and quickly purchased one. In addition we purchased a…