We grow a small number of mainly native trees on the croft each year. It is extremely important to plant trees of the correct provenance to give them the best chance of thriving, so we are well placed to grow trees suited to Sutherland, Caithness, Orkney and Shetland.
All our trees are grown from locally sourced seed or cuttings, and they are started off in spring inside a glasshouse, but moved outdoors as soon as we can. We then grow them on for two seasons, giving strong plants (most cell grown trees are one season old when sold, as they are raised inside). We grow our trees in cells, so that they can be transplanted at any time of the year, but the winter months are best.
We use only peat free compost and croft-made natural liquid feeds. In the future we intend for our compost to be all made on the croft too, mainly from composted woodchip.
We also sell a range of willow cuttings for basketry, screening, hedging and firewood. These are available from November to March. Please contact us if what you need isn’t listed on the shop.
Note that due to regulations we are currently only able to sell trees and cuttings direct from the croft and they cannot be posted.
