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I would guess that a lot of my readers have already started planting their flower bulbs, but as we sold quite a lot of them this year, I want to make sure everyone remembers to do it. If you have y...

I can practically hear you thinking: Carlos is out eating at some restaurant again, and while that could have been true, this time, the onions are of a different kind. They are enjoyable food to so...

It’s an amazing difference compared to last year, the way the Begonia plants are in full bloom in the Belkmerweg.

I am back in Burgerbrug, and naturally, I am glad to be home. My trip took a bit longer than I originally expected, as the bulbs I had to distribute around the United Kingdom were delayed by storm ...

While gardening is great for physical health, it sometimes tests your mental strength, too. 

My yearly trip to England! It’s that time again. Yes, I am writing this on English soil, I am currently in a pub somewhere close to Harrogate, called The Castle Inn. I see they have a pub where on ...

Good news this week! One of my personal favourite Daffodils, Say Cheese, has made its return to our web shop. She took a small sabbatical when the grower wanted to expand the variety for a few year...

Peace and quiet slowly returns to our Daffodil nursery. All of our bulbs have been cleaned and counted, the orders have been assembled, and the bulbs that need to go back into the ground this year...

Sometimes, my readers remind me that I promised to answer certain questions in a previous newsletter only for me to never get back to the subject again. I think they call that a cliffhanger, when y...

You can order them again!    This year, we are a little bit earlier than usual, but we have noticed such a broad interest in the Amaryllis collection this year that we would really like ...

This week, I drove down to Lisse to pick up the last of the Daffodils that are going to be shipped to England this year. They have to leave the warehouse on Friday, and as I’m going to get them, it...

No, the free range isn’t for our dear flower bulbs. I won’t try to tell you that we are sticking a vague supermarket promise about the life of cattle onto our bulbs—as you know, we love all of our ...

It’s always great fun to take our Dream Team to Land van Fluwel for lunch. They spend their days elbow-deep in Daffodil bulbs, so they very much deserve a made-by-Linda-pancake-lunch every once in ...

Today’s good news: As of today, the Peonies are back in our web shop and are ready to be ordered. Last year, we received many happy messages about them, and we’ve been sent lots of great stories an...

Last week, I told you all about the new generation slowly starting to take over from us old men. With Karel busy at home, I thought I could give myself an hour to go visit BolleNoord. BolleNoord is...

I’ve never seen them this great :)   This is a quote of one of my neighbours. Everyone in the area knows he says this every single year, every harvest season. He was right to do so: The bulbs...

As I was driving down the road this week, I saw my neighbour Guustaaf getting water from the ditch to refill his watering equipment. I hit the brakes and stopped to talk to him: Come rain or come s...

I’m curious whether this first sentence is going to make my readers curious about the contents of this week’s newsletter. I could not really think of anything else to introduce our newest mixture t...