And the rest of the garden

daffs daffs daffs

Yeah - spring in my garden.

The weather has been lovely the last couple of days - 14 degrees.

All that bulb planting is paying off nicely.. check out the daffs!

28th Feb

Cut the tops of my hydrangeas today and cleared away a few more leaves. There are bulb shoots everywhere now - Spring is definitely with us. Some daffs are now out in pots. the two pots were in a sheltered position by the house but I've now moved them to where I can see them from the window. There are some at the end of the garden that should be out soon.

Here are some pics of different bits of the garden...

First crocus

The weather has been a bit milder the last couple of days and the first crocuses are out in the garden. All the other bulbs have really had a growth spurt as well. The feb gold daffs better hurry up though if they are going to come out in feb.

A few more snowdrops are out. The hellebores at the end of the garden have perked up and teh one that hides behind the lavender is also out again.

Snowdrops

We've had a cold couple of weeks. The snow last Monday hung around for a few days but we're still getting frosty nights. The bulbs are a LOT further behind than they were last year. There are shoots about - but I had daffs and a tulip by this time last year!

The first bulbs to have come out are some snowdrops at the end of the garden.

There is still a bit of tidying up to do in the garden. I cleared a few leaves today and found lots of shoots hiding underneath. I also need to cut the grasses down. Maybe in the next few days...

Snow

Lots of lovely snow in London last night.

I know you are meant to shake it off the trees and bushes but they all look so lovely with it on I can't bring myself to.

This weekend

Finally got in the garden a bit. Yesterday morning was a lovely crisp winter morning. The sun was nice and warm on my face though. Tidied the end of the bed by Joes and the hot bed. Cleared away the summer bedding, put a few tulips in, cut back the perennials and then mulched.

Most of the yellow and red tulips went into pots in the end though. The soil on the side by Joes is just too clay-y to put tulips in.

Cleared up some more leaves.

So just the cottage bed and the lawn to do now. Woke up this morning and there was a light covering of snow - so not really the weather for lawn care. Hopefully I'll get a chance next weekend.

Bonfire night

Bonfire night and we've people coming round to watch the fireworks. Unfortunetly its rather rainy. I want to get out and carry on clearing the garden up and plant the tulips but its wet and miserable and I'm so tired.

Daffs in pots

Planted the last of the daffodils today. Too hard to put them in the ground so they went in pots.
So that is all 20 of the sweetness ones in pots and the last 9 of the feb gold. I also put some crocuses bulb from last year in a hanging basket. This is to try and stop the squirrels from digging them up.

Still got the 200 tulips to go. Will just have to plant them a few at a time over the month.

Cleared up leaves from the back bed and have put in bags to make leaf mould. I guess I need to check on last years leaf mould at some point and put it round some plants. I think it would be best for the ferns. Maybe I'll keep it until spring and use it if I plant some more ferns (actually probably shouldn't plan to do any planting in spring!).

We drove to a garden centre in Enfield this morning. It wasn't as good for plants as the one I went to with mum and dad last year. I'll try a different one each time i go up there. It was massive and had lots of gardening stuff there. Got some manure and bulb compost.

Have now mulched the back bed with two bags of manure. There is a little bit not covered but I'll add the soil from the tomato grow bags at some point.

So the two new beds left to clear, plant bulbs in and mulch....

Snow in London in OCTOBER

For the first time since 1934 according to the radio.

Now I wish I'd brought the last two Deliah blooms into the house!

It finished the Cosmos off as well.