Garden Ramblings now online.

As forecast in my last post the October issue of Garden Ramblings has now been published and all subscribers will have been sent an email copy. You can also read the newsletter online here.

This issue includes a guest article by Aurora Celonious entitled "The Beauty of the Orchid". Here is a brief extract: "Orchids make up an enormous group of plants, with around 25,000 species, and perhaps 60,000 hybrids produced artificially. Little short of a thousand new hybrids are added to the collection each year.

The word 'orchid' comes from a Greek word 'orchis' meaning 'testicle'. Theophrastos, the Greek 'father of botany' coined this word. He was the head of the lyceum in Athens and the successor of Aristotle. He led it for thirty-five years, i.e. up to his death in 287 BC. He called it so because he thought that the bulb resembled a testicle!" more..

Garden Ramblings - October Issue

The October issue of my monthly newsletter Garden ramblings is due out this Saturday so I am hard at work to ensure that it is published on time. It will include the regular Plant of the Month feature and the main article will be all about bulbs that you should be buying now if you want to have a garden full of Spring flowers.

There will be a guest article, probably about orchids, although that has not yet been finally decided. The other regular features, Special Offers and Useful Resources, will be there as usual but, here again, I will wait until the last minute to decide exactly what will be included to make sure that the information is as up to date as possible.

If you are not already a subscriber just go to The Garden Supplies Advisor and sign up. All subscribers can download a free copy of "Easy Plant Propagation" by Mike McGroarty as a thank for signing up.