Saturday, March 04, 2017

In the Garden

The sun was out this morning so after a quick trip to the supermarket to buy a few items - mostly for the cat - and whilst biscuits were being made in the kitchen, I decided to do some clearing up in the garden.

I pulled the garden wheelie bin from out of its winter hibernation place where it has been tucked away behind the garage next to the water butt.  Collections start again next week and we had plenty of leaves, twigs and cuttings to fill it with.

I managed to take all the brown heads and stems from the Sedums which had been left in situ all winter.   Also the straggly, damp and decaying tendrils from the hardy geraniums. 

It is still quite flooded around the pond and parts of the lawn are still waterlogged but there were little signs of Spring and new growth around the garden.

 Some of the little Tete a Tete daffodils were coming into flower. 

 The Marsh Marigolds were in flower in the pond

 Wild Garlic was appearing under the hazel tree

whilst up above the Wild Garlic Hazel Catkins were dancing in the breeze

In the raised bed the bright red sticks of the Rhubarb could be seen

The Heather is looking lovely at the moment

as are the little Violas in their hanging basket

The leaves of the poppy Patty's Plum have appeared, I thought we'd lost this during the winter.

I love the delicate colours in the Lungwort

and also in the unfurling petals of the Wallflowers

All too soon the sun disappeared and the Spring like warmth went with it. Time to clear up and go back inside but it was good to get out in the garden again, just for a short while.

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  1. Looking great, so lovely to see the old friends again - plants not wheelie bin collectors! 😊

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    1. It is nice to see that the usual plants are coming back again, it's always a worry in such a wet garden that their roots or bulbs will have rotted:)

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  2. I hope Max appreciated the fact that you'd gone shopping for him on a sunny morning! Thomas sends lots of purrs. Jx

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    1. We had to nip to Aldi after Sainsburys as Max prefers their chicken thighs to those from anywhere else, he is very hard to please nowadays:)

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  3. So good to see signs of Spring emerging in your garden. Not long now!

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    1. It was such a lovely day yesterday but back to the awful rain again today, the garden is coverred in a squelchy layer of water:)

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  4. Lovely to see so many flowers emerging :)

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  5. So lovely first signs of spring! Patty's Plum is so beautiful, I don't have it, only red poppies.

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    1. We have red poppies as well as the pink ones that seed all over, but Patty's plum is kept in a pot as we don't want to lose it due to the damp of the garden:)

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  6. Lovely to see the first sign of Spring colour in your garden. Would rather like to have some wild garlic growing here :) I love the flowers of Pulmonaria too - they are so very pretty and always attract insects :)

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    1. I love the Pulmonaria and the way it is always covered in insects, I'm not sure where the wild garlic came from but has been there for over ten years and has spread under all the trees at the side of the shed, it smells wonderful when in flower:)

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  7. Getting out in the garden in spring feels so good, I look each day for new signs of spring.

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    1. It was lovely to get out for just a short time, yesterday's rain has flooded the garden again and it's far too wet to do anything out there:)

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  8. It is wonderful to see your garden returning to life Rosie! The marsh marigolds are so pretty and the rhubarb is looking good! x

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    1. I love the marigolds as they are a lot paler in colour that the ones you see in wildlife ponds and streams:)

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  9. I too got out into the garden yesterday (no chance today because of the rain) soon be time for some rhubarb crumble! xxx

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    1. It was lovely yesterday wasn't it? I always look forward to the first rhubarb crumble of the year:)

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  10. How pretty the garden looks, Rosie. Sending you some virtual sunshine, we have enough to spare :-)
    Amalia
    xo

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    1. Thank you for the virtual sunshine, Amalia. I've just read the poem on your latest post, it made me smile too:)

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