Turned milder again and any precipitation we had through the night seemes to have come as rain as the garden is quite damp but sunny now forecast is for 7 degrees so may get outside gardening done today. The wheeliebins have been emptied already so awaiting my input. Yesterday I had a red daylily sent to me from one of my fb friends so have soaked its roots and now it is ready to be put into a big pot to frow on.
I have just managed a good hour's gardening -thinning out the nettles in the butterfly garden and gasping every now and then at how beautiful my snowdrops are. After coffee I will do the same again. The primroses and primulas are going to be spectacular this year as well.
Too cold to work now so went snapping. Some of my cyclamen coum do not have their petals swept back nd are very unusual. My Xmas orchid has all ten buds open 5weeks after it came. My pink amaryllis is still flowering, now into its third month of flowering. The snowdrops just get more and more numerous each day.
We have a yellow warning for ice in Bristol in the afternoon so i will have to do my shopping this morning so looks like very little gardening will be done outside today. Max temp is supposed to be six and then only for an hour. We have reached the end of January and despite the lure of all the horticultural January sales and free postage and packing I have not spent anything on the garden so that nothing needs to come by post from heated greenhouses or packing sheds. The conservatory is being kept frost free by the double glazing the heat from the lounge so no use of fossil fuel here either. I have been using my excess produce from the garden last year from the freezer so no imported veg been bought either. In all a very environmentally friendly month for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year.
Marion I love your little pink flowers very pretty , it's been very very cold here but dry and yet again the snow has gone apart from on the high hills. The only flowers in my garden are on my heather really can't wait for spring now
Yes. I have pink and white heather covered in flowers and the flowering quince is covered with its little "red roses". I think we all crave some warmer weather now. flumpy1.
I was on the allotment today and it was really nice to feel the (weak!) heat of the sun on my legs
I managed to get quite a bit done up there today so hopefully I can continue that this week sometime. I have to do it now because if I wait until it's warmer, it'll be months!
Another dry sunny day in Bristol despite the warnings of snow and ice from the met. office. Visitors today so have to get some shopping but I may get help to empty the four weed baskets - i find carrying heavy wire baskets full of weeds down the length of the garden very hard work now in the bitter cold. It is not a case of singing for your supper here but gardening for it.
My youngest son arrived for Sunday lunch and filled up the green wheeliebin with my weeds. he also showed me how to use the end of the black recycling box to press the weeds down to make room for more - much easier on the hands when you are pressing down prickly brambles. I can still learn from my children!
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Turned milder again and any precipitation we had through the night seemes to have come as rain as the garden is quite damp but sunny now forecast is for 7 degrees so may get outside gardening done today. The wheeliebins have been emptied already so awaiting my input. Yesterday I had a red daylily sent to me from one of my fb friends so have soaked its roots and now it is ready to be put into a big pot to frow on.
I have just managed a good hour's gardening -thinning out the nettles in the butterfly garden and gasping every now and then at how beautiful my snowdrops are. After coffee I will do the same again. The primroses and primulas are going to be spectacular this year as well.
Too cold to work now so went snapping. Some of my cyclamen coum do not have their petals swept back nd are very unusual. My Xmas orchid has all ten buds open 5weeks after it came. My pink amaryllis is still flowering, now into its third month of flowering. The snowdrops just get more and more numerous each day.
We have a yellow warning for ice in Bristol in the afternoon so i will have to do my shopping this morning so looks like very little gardening will be done outside today. Max temp is supposed to be six and then only for an hour. We have reached the end of January and despite the lure of all the horticultural January sales and free postage and packing I have not spent anything on the garden so that nothing needs to come by post from heated greenhouses or packing sheds. The conservatory is being kept frost free by the double glazing the heat from the lounge so no use of fossil fuel here either. I have been using my excess produce from the garden last year from the freezer so no imported veg been bought either. In all a very environmentally friendly month for Bristol's Green Capital of Europe Year.
Marion I love your little pink flowers very pretty
, it's been very very cold here but dry and yet again the snow has gone apart from on the high hills. The only flowers in my garden are on my heather really can't wait for spring now 
Yes. I have pink and white heather covered in flowers and the flowering quince is covered with its little "red roses". I think we all crave some warmer weather now. flumpy1.
I was on the allotment today and it was really nice to feel the (weak!) heat of the sun on my legs
I managed to get quite a bit done up there today so hopefully I can continue that this week sometime. I have to do it now because if I wait until it's warmer, it'll be months!
Another dry sunny day in Bristol despite the warnings of snow and ice from the met. office. Visitors today so have to get some shopping but I may get help to empty the four weed baskets - i find carrying heavy wire baskets full of weeds down the length of the garden very hard work now in the bitter cold. It is not a case of singing for your supper here but gardening for it.
My youngest son arrived for Sunday lunch and filled up the green wheeliebin with my weeds. he also showed me how to use the end of the black recycling box to press the weeds down to make room for more - much easier on the hands when you are pressing down prickly brambles. I can still learn from my children!
It's amazing how much can be put in the green wheelie bin Maion - they are a bit like a bottomless pit.