Already 5degrees and climbing out there. Bristol City are on the telly this afternoon playing in the fourth round of the FA Cup so there should not be any visitors then but my friend is coming this morning sso might get him to take a picture of me among my snowdrops, scrutinising the new progeny.just in case I ever find an unusual one! I know I like so much to know the provenance of varieties. My friend from the AGS whose grandfather bred the Bishop of Llandaff dahlia is so proud of his achievement.
What lovely pictures Marion the snow drops are doing well, my tulips are 2inches tall already, went to the garden centre for the first time this year, it was nice to just go some where different we treated our selfs to some lemon cake mmmm . Would you believe there are Easter eggs in Tesco already
Red sky this morning but it was 10 degrees, now going down gradually and getting brighter so looks like I can get some gardening done today. My show of flowers yesterday certainly has boosted my enthusiasm which is high anyway, The birds are singing away too.
Flumpy1 those Easter eggs usually appear after Xmas in our shops but some do have them all the year round. I did taste one about forty years ago and it was much too sweet for my taste then, so no doubt would not appeal to me now, but I do like some very dark Belgian chocolates at Xmas.
Twigs from my forsythia bush now ensconced in my study where hyacinths from my friend's pots are perfuming the space nicely. My pale pink pelargoniums look good in the kitchen beside my Xmas orchid.
Hi Marion, I like your idea of bringing some forsythia twigs in to open indoors. Should I wait until they reach a certain stage before I cut some of mine to bring in?
I think they will be quite ready to bring in now Daryl. A famoue Edwardian lady gardener, wrote in her book at the beginning of the last century that she always did this at the end of January in her country estate to send to London on the train for flowers for the London house and sice I read her book i have been doing the same. I think she was called Mrs. Earle.
Hi Marion, I am enjoying reading your posts. I am lucky to have a original copy of Mrs C W Earles book, Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden. It does make for an interesting look at the Victorian era.
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Already 5degrees and climbing out there. Bristol City are on the telly this afternoon playing in the fourth round of the FA Cup so there should not be any visitors then but my friend is coming this morning sso might get him to take a picture of me among my snowdrops, scrutinising the new progeny.just in case I ever find an unusual one! I know I like so much to know the provenance of varieties. My friend from the AGS whose grandfather bred the Bishop of Llandaff dahlia is so proud of his achievement.
Showing off my snowdrops to my friend.
Lots of pics of my different species of snowdrops and other flowers in the garden this dull but mild day in Bristol.
What lovely pictures Marion the snow drops are doing well, my tulips are 2inches tall already, went to the garden centre for the first time this year, it was nice to just go some where different
we treated our selfs to some lemon cake mmmm 
. Would you believe there are Easter eggs in Tesco already 
Red sky this morning but it was 10 degrees, now going down gradually and getting brighter so looks like I can get some gardening done today. My show of flowers yesterday certainly has boosted my enthusiasm which is high anyway, The birds are singing away too.
Flumpy1 those Easter eggs usually appear after Xmas in our shops but some do have them all the year round. I did taste one about forty years ago and it was much too sweet for my taste then, so no doubt would not appeal to me now, but I do like some very dark Belgian chocolates at Xmas.
Twigs from my forsythia bush now ensconced in my study where hyacinths from my friend's pots are perfuming the space nicely. My pale pink pelargoniums look good in the kitchen beside my Xmas orchid.
Hi Marion, I like your idea of bringing some forsythia twigs in to open indoors. Should I wait until they reach a certain stage before I cut some of mine to bring in?
I think they will be quite ready to bring in now Daryl. A famoue Edwardian lady gardener, wrote in her book at the beginning of the last century that she always did this at the end of January in her country estate to send to London on the train for flowers for the London house and sice I read her book i have been doing the same. I think she was called Mrs. Earle.
Hi Marion, I am enjoying reading your posts. I am lucky to have a original copy of Mrs C W Earles book, Pot Pourri from a Surrey Garden. It does make for an interesting look at the Victorian era.
Thanks, Marion. I'll go out and get some this morning then - the shrub needs a bit of a prune anyway!