I only had time to walk over to my witch hazel this morning and inspect the blooms, lovely bright orange (Jelena) but tiny and I couldn't detect any scent. It's about a month early this year I think. It's also incredibly slow growing.
Moved a red-stemmed cornus which was in the wrong place and carefully transplanted a few clumps of just-emerging snowdrops (all roots intact) for the same reason. Have one single snowdrop in flower with many just beginning to show the whiteness on the tips. The scent of a small sarcococca and a viburnum 'Dawn' were following me around in the sunshine. Looks like the daphne buds may open soon - can't wait!
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Well I went out to look at the garden. Daffodils poking up! Had a cuppa and a fried egg sarnie whilst lighting Chiminea to burn a few letters. I did snip a few branches on the Eleagnus, just to say I’ve done something.
Finished building the frame for my plastic growhouse. A bit frustrating, because the joints you fit the poles into aren't flexible enough, and are poorly finished so the poles don't fit properly but crack the joints. All fitted together eventually, with cracked joints mended with duct tape...
However, more flowers on little saxifrages growing on the lump of tufa I inherited from my dad, buds showing white on a pot of snowdrops I brought from Yorkshire, and wafts of scent from the Sarcococca made me very contented.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
We cleared all the couch grass and dead stems from one of our wild flower areas and then wondered if we should have left it for another couple of months. OH continued to clear the veg patch in time for mushroom compost arriving in 10 days or so.
Have almost finished deep cleaning the inside of the conservatory, then I am going to clean down the inside of the greenhouse. I have been putting my fire ash down as a base for the slabs and staging to stand on. I must crack on as the chilli and sweet pepper seedlings are already through. They are on a sunny window sill at the moment, also the onion seedlings. I also have quite a few flower seeds to sow in the next month.
Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny all day so a beach dog walk and some cleaning are on the menu.
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However, more flowers on little saxifrages growing on the lump of tufa I inherited from my dad, buds showing white on a pot of snowdrops I brought from Yorkshire, and wafts of scent from the Sarcococca made me very contented.
Tomorrow is supposed to be sunny all day so a beach dog walk and some cleaning are on the menu.