Little moments of joy
What a gardener needs on a chilly, damp and sunless day is a little moment of joy and today there were plenty. A song thrush sang all day from a nearby treetop, my witch hazel, Hamamellis mollis, is finally unfurling its reluctant buds and I potted up about 40 tiny, pearlescent cyclamen coum bulblets which have grown from the seed I collected in summer. They should flower in a couple of years. It's a slow process but that's amateur horticulture for you.
Cyclamen coum seedlings. They are ready to pot up - very carefully - when they have two leaves.
Hamamellis mollis just bursting into flower. The scent will fill the garden in a few days
