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Beste lezers,  Vandaag mag ik, Vlad, weer een keer een nieuwsbrief schrijven: Carlos zit op dit moment in de Verenigde Staten, waar hij meedoet aan de National Daffodil Conference in Reno, Nevada. ...

But let's start with a housekeeping announcement. Today and tomorrow are the last days you can order Lilies from us.

It is currently the most frequently asked question after my news blog of about 5 weeks ago in which I wrote about the world championships Beet growing. I truly don't understand, beautiful stories a...

Last week, PostNL was regularly seen with a large trailer at our dam to pick up the Dahlias that you ordered from us. Always a beautiful moment for us, when the first orders leave our company and ...

When bulb growers have a bit of a break, they come up with things to keep them going. Well, you have to have something to do when you wake up in the morning. Around this time of year, they often o...

I had promised Vlad and Pauliina that I would take them to a tulip nursery around Valentine’s Day or International Women’s Day to show them what happens to most tulips. Vlad is originally from Mol...

Before I start talking about bulbs, let me tell you something fun. It has almost been forgotten, but I was once a world champion in growing beets a long time ago. “Was there a world championship i...

Yes, I'm still happily cuddling in my greenhouse (what a hard life I have 😊 ) and am now taking pictures of the last Amaryllises that are coming into bloom. The Amaryllis flowers that I am photogra...

'You really enjoy your work, don't you?' I was told when I enthusiastically told a gardening friend about the tinkering in my Amaryllis greenhouse. That made me stop and think for a moment, is tha...

Tomorrow is the day, not from me, shrinks made it up. From what I can remember it was an assignment from a travel agency to a psychologist what would be the best time to promote sun holidays. The ...

When the sun shines No idea about you, but here in the rustic Burgervlotbrug, near the beach of Petten, where the sea has been pounding the Hondsbossche sea wall almost continuously for the pa...

But before we start selling you all kinds of bulbs and tubers with tempting texts and beautiful photos, I must of course first congratulate you on the wonderful new year 2025 that lies ahead of...

Do you know what I like? That readers react when I ask something in my news blog. What I don't like at all is that I don't take the time to answer all those sweet reactions. Stupid, huh? I read al...

Yes, there is not much going on at the Belkmerweg at the moment. The spring flowering bulbs are back under cover and in the sheds of the lily growers the seasonal workers are looking forward to th...

We all know that Amaryllis is in high demand during the Christmas season, here in Europe at least. It is not only popular as a cut flower, or as a dried and ready-to-plant bulb, but also as a pott...

I have to smile already. Must be pancake I can already hear Jacqueline, who always checks my newsletter, say. Yes, I type too fast, according to the girls at the office and daughter Pien I make t...

The Amaryllis is grown on a large scale to light up the living rooms as a flowering plant during the dark winter days. What is less known is that many Amaryllises are also grown to cut flowers. Th...

And then suddenly they are in there. The two truffled beds you are looking at here are the maternity beds of our Narcissus maternity. That is also lame, you will now probably think, a photo with o...