De blaadjes vallen van de bomen, tijd om bloembollen te planten

The leaves are falling, time to plant flower bulbs

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...
Met extra uitjes, graag!

With Extra Onions, Please!

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...
De Leesbril

Reading Glasses

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

(Daffodil) World-Famous

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 ...
Er mot por in de grond

Nutrition for the Soil

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

Great Britain

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 ...
Say Cheese

Say Cheese

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...
Dahlia’s, Dahlia’s en nog eens Dahlia’s

Dahlias, Dahlias, and even more Dahlias

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...
Belofte maakt schuld

I Owe You An Answer

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...
Nieuwe oogst Amaryllissen

The New Amaryllis Harvest

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 ...
Daar ga ik een nieuwsbrief over schrijven

That’s What I’ll Write About In The Newsletter

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...
Beter Leven met vrije uitloop

Free Range Office

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 ...
Vijf keer de Hamburger en een vegetarische

Five Regular Hamburgers and One Veggie Burger, Please

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 ...
Groot en groter nieuws en een catastrophe

Big news, bigger news, and a catastrophe

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...
Ouwe mannetjes

Old Men

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...
Fluwel Special Narcissus

Fluwel Special Narcissus

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...
This is the captain speaking

This is the captain speaking

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...
Een goede foundation komt uw make-up ten goede

A Good Foundations Does Wonders For Your Make-Up

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...