The sun has brought out the first tulips, little species red ones. There is also a mass of violets under the hedge and growing in the lawn. In the heat you can smell them, just like those (rather horrid) lilt hard parma violet sweeties you could get for 1p a roll in the Isie Ogg’sContinue reading “In the garden today”
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New shoots
Lots of things stirring into action in the garden. The water lilies and water hawthorn are starting to send up leaves. The peonies are now mostly through with their strangely visceral red shoots – like sinews. There is a little primula with slightly feathery leaves pushing through by the pond and the gunnera (which couldContinue reading “New shoots”
Frozen fingers
First thing it was gloriously sunny but by the time I had completed my plongeur duties (Lachlan cooked so dinner was great but every mortal pan, chopping board and piece of kitchen apparatus was used and stacked in the sink for yours truly) the sun had departed and it was freezing. However, the bottom borderContinue reading “Frozen fingers”