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 in the woodland, and so nice that the coat soon came off and was hung on a tree. The woodland is waking up, snowdrops are flowering, a few have finished already, but there are still plenty to come. Other bulbs are putting up their spears so soon this will be my favourite place to be.
Before we get to the woodland though, there are other flowers braving our confused weather. The chaenomeles by the back door is opening more and more buds each day.
