Last month we harvested a good crop of strawberries from our organic farm blocks in China. The winter had been benign with adequate rainfall. This led to a discussion on how worldwide weather was changing and we wondered whether the normal cold dry winters in north China might be moderating. Kirby, our China Managing Director,
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Recently we visited Bodnant Gardens about half an hour’s drive away from our office in North Wales. Bodnant is a true national treasure; it owes much of its beauty to the Victorian-age plant collectors who brought back rhododendron, wisteria, magnolia, gentian, primulas, lily and azalea plant material from China. Characters like Ernest “Chinese” Wilson were
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Dear Reader, Last month I had the pleasure of visiting Yunnan, China’s large south western province, with Dragons Garden’s MD Kirby Wang. Starting in Xishuangbanna we travelled to Menghai, Pu’er (famous for tea), Zhenyuan, Jingdong, Jianshui (famous for teapots) and Kaiyuan. The purpose of the trip was to visit our sources of cultivated blueberries in
My last trip to China was in November 2019, and it was great to be back. So how are things in the Middle Kingdom since the Covid Pandemic? The first thing is the new flight route. Instead of heading up to 60 degrees North over Helsinki and then traversing Siberia the new route from Europe
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How we started our organic farming operation in Shandong, China
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The season in Shandong and the other main strawberry growing provinces is likely to be reduced due to very warm weather from the 18th of May. Prior to that the Spring was cool and just enough rain had fallen. The crop looked good but was all over in Shandong by 30th May rather than extending until the 10th of June as happens in some years. Fruit quality is nice. After strawberries we are straight into apricots.
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Update from David following his November trip.
Newsletter Winter 2019 Read More »
I have just returned from a delayed Spring visit to China and hope that you will find some points of interest.
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