Category Archives: News
Just a sprinkling.
When I woke up this morning, I was very surprised to find that it was white everywhere. Just a sprinkling, but very crisp, we must have had a hard frost after the snow had finished. Snowdrops and hellebores had collapsed … Continue reading
A Bit of Retail Therapy.
Having got my gardening mojo back at last, I felt the need of a bit of retail therapy! I took myself off to my local garden centre, Otter Nurseries, to see what they had on offer and found lots of … Continue reading
The sun shone for the snowdrops!
The forecast for yesterday was good, sunny but cold with the wind coming straight from the Arctic! I made some biscuits, baked a cake, bought some chocolate biscuits, hoovered, dusted and cleaned the loo, then sat back and waited for … Continue reading
The birds flew in 2 by 2.
This weekend was the time for the Great British Birdwatch where we were asked to note down all the birds that we see at one time, in the space of one hour. They came in two’s, three’s and more, it … Continue reading
It’s not just snowdrops that brave the weather.
It’s not all about snowdrops at the moment. All of a sudden I noticed a patch of colour on the raised bed in the back garden, tiny Iris reticulata were flowering in spite of the gale howling through the trees … Continue reading
The woodland is changing to white.
Yes, the woodland floor is becoming more white as the days go by and it certainly isn’t with snow. The special snowdrops are definitely a lot earlier than in previous years and even the wild ones are almost ready to … Continue reading
January blooms GBBD. 2018.
The New Year weather has been cold, wet, frosty, sunny and warm (relatively speaking) sometimes all in the same day! A few days last week the sun was shining and the birds were singing, it was a pleasure to work … Continue reading
It’s stopped raining!
But for how long?! It has been so wet for such a long time now, we have escaped the worst of the weather that has been thrown at us, but non stop rain is so depressing! The garden is absolutely … Continue reading
Just a few for December GBBD.
Weather in December has been variable to say the least. It has also varied in different parts of the country, we down in the south west have escaped the worst of the weather. Other areas have deep snow and temperatures … Continue reading
Jack Frost came visiting.
We were told that it would be a hard frost last night, so the heater was switched on in the conservatory for the plants that had been brought in from the garden. When I got up this morning and looked … Continue reading