Author: Wendy Akers, England

tour round America

Hi American Daffodil Society, yesterday the members of the Northern Group had a wonderful tour round the USA courtesy of Ian Tyler’s talk at their autumn meeting and bulb sale. Ian spoke for an hour and entertained us with his…

Is it deer – it certainly was dear

This isn’t one of Brian Duncan’s teasers, nor are there any prizes for the correct answer. Could you put a value on the daffodils you grow? What about daffodils in the wild? What is the greatest threat to wild daffodils…

Bulb Mite etc

I’ve been fascinated by the discussion on glyphosate and its possibe after effects. I have always thought it became inactive when it reached the ground, only being absorbed into the plant and its system. I have now decided it’s not…

loving it

can I say how much I am enjoying the chat and the pictures of flowers on daffnet, plus the brilliant verse from, was it Colleen, quoted from “two tramps in mud time” by Robert Frost. It’s a feast, even the…

what a warm welcome

Hello again, what a warm welcome from Mary Lou, David, Harold, Colleen, Nancy, Phillys and Melissa, thank you. As you know James is a confirmed and dedicated daffnetter and regularly calls me to look at something wonderful on his screen.…