Green Girl Gardener

Saturday again, the weeks are flying by. I’m so glad we’re in the last weekend of January and Spring is almost in touching distance, although it didn’t feel much like it earlier this week when we had a couple of deluges of snow. We were supposed to get more today, but so far we’ve had a few flurries but nothing to write home about.

My first couple of points are snow related. I’ve discovered that snow is not nearly so bad if you don’t have to drive in it, or at least not very far. In normal times, my commute is nearly twenty miles each way, and it’s a horrible thought that you could get stranded in snow halfway between work and home. This year though, with working from home, I didn’t have to worry about it and I felt able to enjoy the snow so …..

… I made a snowcat.

This next photo hasn’t come out as well as it looked in real life which is so often the case unless you have a fancy pants camera. The light is amazing when the world is covered in snow, isn’t it? The red berries of this shrub against the white background lit up by the light reflected off the snow looked stunning. It was all very peaceful. Although I don’t normally enjoy snow, I do appreciate the almost eerie quiet that seems to come with a covering of the white stuff.

Having said all that, I am happy that the snow’s gone now although I didn’t like watching my snowcat die a melty death!

The next photo is in the front garden. My Camellia has had buds since before Christmas, but so far nothing’s happening. They seem none the worse for the cold snap though, and hopefully the flowers will bloom soon. I can’t actually remember what month it normally flowers – I just know that the flowers don’t last nearly long enough for my liking! They’re so beautiful.

Also in the front garden today, I noticed the bluebells are starting to push through into the world again. After I noticed this first cluster, I noticed loads more. We have an abundance of bluebells in the front and back gardens and for me, they really signify the start of my favourite months of the year. It seems to take ages for them to flower, but once they do, we have a bluebell wonderland for a few weeks.

My penultimate point is very bizarre. I was wondering around the garden in the sleet this afternoon looking for things to include in this post, and I glanced over at the empty raised bed where I grew petit pois and carrots last year, and I spotted a leaf that looked suspiciously like a carrot leaf. Surely not, I thought, but yep, it was a carrot! In January! How has this happened?

Finally, I have some bunnies to share. I saw these on a gardening hour on QVC a few weeks ago and couldn’t resist. I mean, who could resist Peter Rabbit? This is probably not where Peter and his sisters will end up living, but I’ll have fun deciding where they can go. Hopefully I’ll be able to find somewhere I can see them from the house.

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I found it easier to find points this week which I find encouraging. The garden is starting to come to life again, now I just need some dry weather so I can get out there and do some tidying up and start planning my Summer in the garden.

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