Contact

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Phone: 01224 276810
Write to: 1d Powis Circle, Aberdeen AB24 3YT

21 thoughts on “Contact”

  2. Bella

    Love your blogs, loads of great stuff and well written. I came here via Brigit Strawbridge on facebook. Thanks.

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  3. Lia

    hello! we’re a portuguese family living in Rosehearty, and just found your blog, looking for a list of edible floewrs in Scotland… thank you so much for sharing your work and knowledge, it has been of great help! al the best, kind regards!

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  4. nccoutts14

    Hello Alan, congratulations on your wonderful site. I was prompted to visit by Carrie, a fellow plotter at GFAA. I’d like to add a link to your site from our Allotment Association’s website. I hope this is OK: please let me know if you have any objections. Norman

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  6. Frank E Davidon

    I heard you on the wireless the other day.and no sooner had you said “edible Hostas” I did a google search and first hit took me right to your very interesting blog just as you were giving the URL. I’m trying to put my garden over to mainly perennial edibles because I’m quite lazy and frankly nature makes a better job of growing than me. The more I annoy my neighbour with his flat green fertiliser-drugged lawn in his attempts to make his trees perfect lollipops and his garden a wildlife-free zone the better. I’m in Aberdeen and hope to buy some seeds and bulbs off you.

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    1. Surjit Sandher

      Thanks, Frank E Davidon. I agree with everything you wrote in your email. I came looking for plants that do well in Scotland, as I’m new to gardening. I was searching for things that slugs do not like and found this site. Very informative.

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  7. foodieafloat15

    Hello there, Have much enjoyed your knowledgeable blog which I recently stumbled across when researching for a piece I’m writing called “Eat Your Enemies”. One of my ‘enemies’ is a wonderful perennial edible called purslane. It’s endemic in some parts but prefers to grow in sandy soil in hot dry conditions so may not be a Scottish thing though you can grow it in a container. I can highly recommend it for its eating qualities. See http://www.writteninmykitchen.com/blog/Entries/2018/11/veggie-entente-cordiale.html for a short account.

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  8. Grow Free with Emma B

    Thank you for the Food Forest course that you have been delivering to our community organisation this year. The feedback from everyone has been so positive – ‘practical and inspiring’ probably sums up a lot of it. Both getting the chance to explore your food forest and having your input in our own space has been amazing. Looking forward to reading your book as soon as I get it in my hands. Emma

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  9. Cheryl

    Thanks so much for hand delivering your book(what a lovely touch!)- sorry I missed you as I was working and my other half was on a call! Looking forward to reading it!
    Cheryl

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  10. Lindsay

    I ran into you, and I’m not quite ready. Where can I find you on Facebook or Instagram so that I can learn in the mean time and gather resources when I’m ready for this adventure? Thank you.

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  11. Toby

    Hey Alan,

    Wow what a huge resource this site is! Thank you so much for sharing this all I am so glad I found you, I am about to begin creating a food forest in South East England so climate is slightly different to yours but I was hoping you could offer some advice on which support trees to start the system off with aiming to fix nitrogen and provide biomass, I cannot seem to find anything online more specific to the UK, there are plenty of ground cover legumes in the UK but it seems we are short of legume trees. Are there good alternatives/other fast growing nitrogen fixing trees that we can grow? Any help would be greatly appreciate, thanks!

    Toby

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  12. Alan Carter

    We are indeed short of legume trees. The exceptions are laburnum and Siberian pea tree/shrub. The latter doesn’t do too well in Scotland but might well in the South East of England and it provides a crop as well. There is more in the way of shrubs – for instance broom. Not all nitrogen fixers are legumes though. Alder is also nitrogen fixing and very hardy, although you would need more space than I have to make it a useful part of the system.

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  13. Stephanie Haywood

    Hello again,

    Just a quick note to follow up on my article pitch about the rise of the digital nomad lifestyle. I’m exploring a unique angle where traditional careers like nursing, teaching, and law are also finding their way into this modern trend. I’d be thrilled to discuss how these surprising transitions are shaping the future of work.

    Let me know if you’re interested in discussing it more!

    All the best,
    Stephanie Haywood
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  14. Andrew Worsley

    Hi Alan, I have benn gardening around 12 years, mainly annual vegetables, but as I am getting older would like to get into perennials. As I have started a bit late in the year I am struggling to find some seeds – I note the ones I am after do not need stratification.
    Would it be possible to send me the following seeds: Allium ampelprasan, Babington’s leek, Allium Ursinum 21L Ransoms, Asphodeline Lutea 23m King’s Spear, Buneas Orientalis 23L Turkish Rocket, Hemerocalis Liliasphodelus 23m Day Lily, Rumex Scutatus 24m Buckler Leaved Sorrel. It would be great if you could send them to me Andrew Worsley, Cherry Tree Cottage, Corner Road, Pillowell, Lydney GL15 4QU. As I am only just getting into perennials I don’t have seeds to swop. Would £50 donation be adequate ?

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