Wally, the cat from next door, thinks the kitchen patio table is the warmest place this morning. The garden is ablaze with spring flowers. It will be blossom time soon!
Oh wowie. I came in whacked from some heavy gardening and the post woman came with a tiny parcel. It was the Petit Fours served at the end of the Fellows Dinner my friend has recently attended at his Oxford College.
Lovely bright sunny morning though still cold at 1 degree but forecast is to reach double figures again today. My eldest son came for a meal yesterday and helped me with the dead elder tree so as we lopped off the bigger branches I now have them to chop up ready to refill the green wheeliebin after it gets emptied next week. The ivy we pulled off the trunk filled it yesterday. There were no bird nests in it thank goodness. My score for the Petit Fours put the salted chocolate at the top, then the Bailey's fudge which did taste of Bailey's.
Yes,Goldfinch 60, grape hyacinths do spread like mad but they are easily pulled out if in an unwanted place. Luckily my garden is huge so anything as pretty as they are is welcome and they leave no trace once they die down.
Grape hyacinths have seeded into the edge of the old tarmac track between my house and the garden, and are doing much better there than anywhere else in the garden because the squirrels can't dig up the bulbs.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Wait till you have eight leaves then pinch out the two top ones flumpy. i have worked myself to a standstill this morning on my big job of clearing the dead tree from my path! But my garden is so full of beautiful things I had to get out my camera. You will see my yellow tulip dying very gracefully, the marsh marigolds in flower already, lovely crocuses, my dead tree and lots more that made me go WOW!
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Good morning , very misty/foggy , sun is coming out will be a nice day , going up to allotment this morning
Have a good day in the garden
Wally, the cat from next door, thinks the kitchen patio table is the warmest place this morning. The garden is ablaze with spring flowers. It will be blossom time soon!
Oh wowie. I came in whacked from some heavy gardening and the post woman came with a tiny parcel. It was the Petit Fours served at the end of the Fellows Dinner my friend has recently attended at his Oxford College.
Petite fours look nice , enjoy
Lovely bright sunny morning though still cold at 1 degree but forecast is to reach double figures again today. My eldest son came for a meal yesterday and helped me with the dead elder tree so as we lopped off the bigger branches I now have them to chop up ready to refill the green wheeliebin after it gets emptied next week. The ivy we pulled off the trunk filled it yesterday. There were no bird nests in it thank goodness. My score for the Petit Fours put the salted chocolate at the top, then the Bailey's fudge which did taste of Bailey's.
Good Morning Marion.
Sun trying to peek through the clouds here in Manchester.
lovely photos. Do you find the small blue (forgotten name) self seed everywhere, ?
those petit fours looked delicious.
have a lovely day.
Yes,Goldfinch 60, grape hyacinths do spread like mad but they are easily pulled out if in an unwanted place. Luckily my garden is huge so anything as pretty as they are is welcome and they leave no trace once they die down.
Good morning Marion.
Grape hyacinths have seeded into the edge of the old tarmac track between my house and the garden, and are doing much better there than anywhere else in the garden because the squirrels can't dig up the bulbs.
Morning Marion
, hope you are well, dry weather here in the NW it was blue sky but a little cloudy now, it still dry tho 
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Marion, my sweet peas are about six inches now with about four leaves on, where and when do I pinch them?
Wait till you have eight leaves then pinch out the two top ones flumpy. i have worked myself to a standstill this morning on my big job of clearing the dead tree from my path! But my garden is so full of beautiful things I had to get out my camera. You will see my yellow tulip dying very gracefully, the marsh marigolds in flower already, lovely crocuses, my dead tree and lots more that made me go WOW!
Bluebell time nearly here!