More gardening

1 March 2011 23:54

Crocuses 1

Pansy

I can hardly believe that we’re in March already, where is the year going? Every other day I’m finding something new in the garden which is blooming away cheerfully.

I love this time of year when the tree buds are beginning to fatten up too but it’s been hard work because I didn’t get to give the place a proper clear up before we were engulfed with snow and ice.

I’ve been gardening with the camera slung round my neck trying to get photographs of all the birds which hop around me while I uncover juicy morsels under garden rubbish, but they’re just too fast for me. I think they’re having a bit of a laugh behind my back.

Anyway, the plants can’t move so I managed some photos of them.

Spring has sprung

19 March 2010 20:23

I’ve been hard at it in the garden over the past few days. It’s been such a long hard winter, the garden was just full of detritus that had to be cleared away.

It’s amazing what a few frost free days can do for growth though and plenty of things are beginning to poke their noses through the earth.

I haven’t spotted any ants so far and I’m hopeful that the terrible long cold spell has done for a lot of them. I did see one ladybird which I think is quite an early visitor for this area anyway.

As you can see the crocuses are doing their best at the moment but the daffodils are only half as tall as they should be and nowhere near flowering yet – which is just as well given that we had a howling gale during last night and all today. That’s normal for this time of year though.