The laurel and hedging is looking rather pretty at the moment despite the greyness of the days. How I wish these hellebores could raise their sorrowful heads. Suddenly, crocus are everywhere. Touch wood, the rain hasn’t damaged their delicate flowers yet. This little yellow one certainly wasn’t planted by me. I just love the dark …
If this plague doesn’t end soon, I’ll end up with numerous living walls indoors. I’m now addicted to trailing Spanish moss, another air plant. It’s so easy to drape it over shelves. It’s also so tactile, I can’t keep my hands off it! Hubs barely notices new plants, but has suddenly started complaining about what …
The sun finally came out and literally dazzled me. The tightly budded crocus rushed to open for the early bees. The entire garden lit up. Seeing the sunlit leaves and grass made me realise that I haven’t seen the sun for months. Even the trees seemed to enjoy basking in the warmth with the sun …
Do you remember the bald hedgehog at the rescue? Well, just look at him now. He’s been successfully treated for ringworm and is now sporting a glistening new set of spikes. The little duckling that arrived over Christmas is all grown up too, she’s the duck in the front of this picture, the one behind …
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Spring seems earlier than usual this year. It’s rather odd as the snowdrops, crocus, iris and daffs are doing very little in the sunnier, south-facing front garden but are bursting into bloom in the back. Usually, it’s the other way round. I absolutely love the iris popping up in all the side planters on the …
The hay run can be quite challenging…everyone wants to be a part of it! As usual, wildlife is full to over-flowing with hedgehogs. Almost 100 at the moment. The really sickly ones need hand-feeding. This little chap has the most awful lung-worm and was close to death when he came in. He’s hanging on, three …
