With almost no rain for three weeks I should be grateful for a good downpour - and I am - but it would have been good if it had rained yesterday, or tomorrow. Today was mentally booked as a proper gardening day, not a fence removal, ivy killing day, but a proper winter/early spring session. Still, better to have rain than not. As it's also mild I've moved some of the overwintering plants outside for a rainwater watering.
Below are some pics I took on Friday.
On cushions, caterpillars, cats and fidgeting....
On the joy of not cutting back in autumn.
Several years ago I hosted a propagation workshop and we explored the topic of growing plants from seed. I talked about seeds waiting for the right moment to germinate, knowing that winter had passed, measuring the temperature or daylength, and sensing when they were at the right depth to break
Years ago at a National Garden Scheme event I got chatting to another garden owner about re-vamping tired borders. I explained that I was trying to carve out some pockets of space in an overcrowded bed, to add in some earlier colour. She shook her head slowly. ‘You won’t