by Keith Shropshire | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
Here in Staffordshire the wet weather has thankfully given way and we have had a few frosty mornings this week. Our tree nursery robin is singing away, I guess he is hoping for someone to disturb some old compost for an easy meal. The big news topic for the nursery...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
I was fortunate enough to be invited to several drinks parties over the festive period, luckier still as each was within walking distance from our house. At one of these occasions while enjoying a small glass of bubbly, I was asked to explain why organic farming...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The season is already moving on quickly which is more than can be said for me and my newly acquired bionic hip (similarities to Sir Andy Murray end there). From command centre headquarters I can see the team lifting the remainder of our one-year old whips from...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 7, 2020 | Uncategorised
A short post to wish all our readers a very Happy New Year. Work at the nursery has been minimal over Christmas. I have had a few quiet walks through the field nursery to check our squirrel and rabbit population are not up to too much mischief amongst our young trees...
by Keith Shropshire | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorised
A couple of weeks ago I told you I had taken up a National Newspaper’s offer of a free oak tree. I promised I would update you on planting. The tree arrived in exceptional condition. It was packed in a cardboard tube similar to those used by Molton Brown (causing much...
