I am declaring spring - because yesterday there were 19 different flowering plants in the garden (I will try to recall them all: lonicera perfusa, euphorbia griffithii, hellebores, crocus, snowdrops, aconite, primrose, iris unguicularis, clematis armandii, the two other white winter clematis, winter jasmine, veronica gentiana, symphytum iberica, vinca alba, violets, the yellow flowering shrub whose name I have forgotten, what on earth were the others? ) and, more significantly, I saw the first bumblebee trolling about in the lonicera. Then we went out to the vole sanctuary in Sandwich - the path there was astonishingly muddy and most of the paths in the reserve were closed, so we went and stared at the rather grim khaki pond and watched the mallards shovelling their beaks through the wet mud on the banks...
On our way there I saw a magpie carrying a huge stick for nest building, and we stopped at a nursery and bought some plants and some seed compost. Today I am thinking of planting a few seeds in the propagator (I could kill Mark for selling my electric propagator at the boot sale - by accident). Perhaps this year I can get back into gardening properly.
We also collected a new old fridge from John Brogan - so we have a spare for storing bottles and extra food when we have parties and large gatherings. Life goes on.
On our way there I saw a magpie carrying a huge stick for nest building, and we stopped at a nursery and bought some plants and some seed compost. Today I am thinking of planting a few seeds in the propagator (I could kill Mark for selling my electric propagator at the boot sale - by accident). Perhaps this year I can get back into gardening properly.
We also collected a new old fridge from John Brogan - so we have a spare for storing bottles and extra food when we have parties and large gatherings. Life goes on.
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