Déjà vu to last year, although a week earlier this year!

Didn't really do anything to garden at end of last year. Went out yesterday for the "spring clean up". I had started the clean up a couple of weeks ago cutting down grasses and old plants and removing some leaves and digging out the bulb pots which had been hidden in the grasses.

We had a really cold December (2010) followed by quite a mild January and I was thinking I'd lost a lot of bulbs. However looking back at last year maybe its just that my February Golds don't surface until March! There are a couple of crocuses and snowdrops out but not many.

The orange blossom tree suffered more damage in the snow (as it did last year!). And all the bushes and shrubs in general need a good trim but I'm not entirely sure when to do that. Its quite cold still and it was pouring with rain yesterday so tried to avoid prunning. I did need to cut the tops off the hydranga though and as always it meant i could see my lovely little hellabore.

Will try and take some pictures soon