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Broken Record 26 May 2013 | 07:23 pm
Watering …. yes again. A broken record yet again, for the record! Of course my kids are use to this. There goes Dad again but I can tell by the look in their eyes that they are appreciative of every ...
Confession 23 May 2013 | 07:47 pm
Listening to the radio today I heard something about an “App” available from an organization called Buycott. One of the primary functions of Buycott is to allow the identification of a products “famil...
High Art at Burt’s Greenhouses 20 May 2013 | 12:37 am
Ok so in honour of the Open Voices singers who came out the the greenhouses to sing for and hour on the Saturday of the long weekend…..the "Wilton Tabernacle Choir" was formed with sponsorship of Bur...
Melons 20 Apr 2013 | 04:12 am
I have a wee addiction to melons. I started 2 years ago doing a crop in one of our greenhouses. As a result I keep trying new varieties to find the best for me. A favourite was Earlisweet that Monsant...
Fuchsia Hanging Baskets 14 Apr 2013 | 11:20 pm
Every year I choose a crop to worry about. Last year it was the big hanging baskets. I felt we didn't have enough soon enough. This year I look around with satisfaction at the range of baskets we have...
Garlic Progress 24 Mar 2013 | 05:28 pm
For the past three years we have been experimenting wth overwintering a garlic crop in our greenhouses. We do so in the greenhouse that houses our overwintering perennials. It is kept heated to mainta...
Seeding Over the Years 20 Mar 2013 | 03:26 am
We are into our 32nd season of growing. A lot has changed in the industry and for me personally when it comes to planting seeds. The first 2 years I seeded into open flats just scattering the seeds b...
Sea Buckthorn 15 Aug 2012 | 10:51 pm
The bright orange berries of this plant are among the most nutritious and vitamin rich fruits known. The shrub is attractive and tolerant of degraded soils. We have 2 female varieties and one male va...
Watering 26 May 2012 | 02:12 am
One of the facts of life in this business (maybe all businesses) is that of repeating questions and the most common questions we get are about watering. Sometimes people don't even know their ques...
Chipping Sparrow 24 May 2012 | 09:23 am
We love our big population of birds at Burt's Greenhouses but Brian and I have decided that the Chipping Sparrow should be out mascot. They eat seeds and insects so they help us out keeping pests...
