http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/rssnews.asp The Old Orchard | News Last week's temperatures hovered around freezing, but the frost didn't stop Mackie from making good progress with the raised beds for our new, outside-the-back-door kitchen garden. Mack http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=42085 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=42085 08 February 2012 Despite the frosty tempertatures overnight, Ken and Mackie have begun the first project of the year: preparing the ground for a new raised-bed 'kitchen corner' in the last, untended area of http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=41765 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=41765 27 January 2012 Some people look ahead to summer and plan their holiday during the cold, dull days of January. We look ahead to summer and plan our work in the garden. We've several ideas of what we want to do http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=41238 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=41238 08 January 2012 First we had storm-force winds and power cuts on Thursday evening. Friday brought the first snow of winter and the 'it's getting to look a lot like Christmas' feeling. The mild temperat http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40667 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40667 09 December 2011 We hosted our first evening event in the garden house on Sunday when Ken introduced a presentation of his Uncle Ed's filmclips from 40 years of working as a cinematographer with Warner Brothers http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40575 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40575 07 December 2011 Ken and Mackie have spent the past two weeks getting the garden ready for winter: raking leaves, trimming shrubs, cutting back herbaceous plants, uplifting the dahlias and chrysanthemums. It&#3 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40126 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=40126 18 November 2011 The wettest day in a week of a gloriously warm autumn weather didn't deter the keen enthusiasts who came to our Apple Day this afternoon. National Trust for Scotland Gardens Advisor Sinclair Williamso http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38891 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38891 01 October 2011 Butterflies were few and far between during the summer with its near-constant rain and drizzle. Now that autumn has officially arrived, the unseasonal sunny warmth has brought butterflies out o http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38890 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38890 30 September 2011 We were enjoying a very unseasonal spell of warm weather when the East Sutherland Garden Group came for a visit. Ken took a break from erecting the mini-marquee and three gazebos to show the gardenere http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38889 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38889 29 September 2011 Willie Morrison came up trumps with publicity for our Apple Day on the 1st of October. Watch for articles in all the local papers on Friday! Today, Gary Anthony came along to take photographs of our http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38829 http://www.spanglefish.com/OldOrchard/news.asp?id=38829 28 September 2011