ALL GOOD THINGS.......

Hello - wow what a hectic week it has been here at the nursery!! To all of you who came last Saturday and helped to make our APPLE DAY 2010 such a success - we say a big THANK YOU!! It was definitely our best yet - and with 120 apple varieties to taste - from the comments received most of you thought so too!! I would personally - like to say Thank you to all those people who made such kind comments about this blog - it is nice to know that somebody out there is reading it!!! We had over 300 people across the day - and although it was a little damp in the morning - the sun did shine in the afternoon - for those who were unable to make the day - the above photo taken early in the morning gives an idea of the vast array of apples that were on display!

I would also like to say a big Thank you to the entire CROWN NURSERY TEAM for all their hard work - and all the HELPERS who served teas and refreshments - we could not have done it without you!!

I am still restocking the fruit sales area - filling all the gaps that were made!

We have also had the first of our popular AUTUMN FRUIT COURSES - FOCUS ON FRUIT - and 15 keen gardeners had a most enjoyable morning on Thursday - learning all about the huge subject of fruit growing - our next two PRUNING COURSES are sadly fully-booked - but we are now compiling a list of interested people - and intend to run additional courses in February 2011 - so if you wanted to come -and missed out this time round - do ring the office and get your name on the list for the new courses.

This week - has seen the real arrival of AUTUMN COLOUR in the countryside - the hedges are now turning yellow and amber more and more each day - most of that colour is coming from the common FIELD MAPLE - ACER CAMPESTRE - and they really do make a stunning hedge. Combine that with the bounty of berries that are everywhere this year - and hedges have a lot going for them - we expect our NEW-SEASON BARE-ROOT HEDGING in mid-November - but if you know what you are after - do ORDER IN ADVANCE - to ensure you get the pick of the crop.

RHUBARB CROWNS are now in stock - the superb virus-free varieties we offer are a huge improvement on the old types of years ago - we have BRANDY CARR SCARLET and STOCKBRIDGE ARROW - nice fat crowns ready for planting now.

Our BARE-ROOT FRUIT TREES - plums,gages,cherries,damsons and others are also expected mid-November - so again these can be pre-ordered to ensure no disappointment - contact the office for details.

On a sadder note - we have said Farewell to two members of our nursery team recently - KEVIN and JANET - who will be known to many of you - we wish them well as they move onto pastures new - and new challenges.


As someone once said - ALL GOOD THINGS MUST SURELY COME TO AN END.

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD