Winter gardening

[callmemadam]

Today: temperature above freezing; no wind; no mist. So, I went out to sweep or pick up leaves. Now, Monty Don will tell you that leaves are not rubbish but a harvest. He also tells you that, put in a black bag, dampened well, they will give you lovely leaf mould in a year. I’ve found this not to be true; it takes at least two. So, even though my leaves are mostly oak (which makes good leaf mould), they are in the brown bin rather than a black plastic bag.

Prowling round the garden, I saw plenty of daffodil and snowdrop shoots. What pleased me most was to find, once I’d moved a few leaves (I leave them on the beds over winter), that the snowdrops which I transplanted in the green last year are pushing up little snouts among the hellebores, just as planned.

Comments

[gwendraith]

It's definitely not as cold but it's dull and wet for the second day here.

it's a cheery sight for the eyes to see shoots coming through.Spring in it's way. It's a long winter :(

Thank you for your card which arrived this morning, I won't open it until Wednesday:)

[callmemadam]

It's miserable again this afternoon, although dry, so I'm glad I went outside this morning.

I find it so cheering, especially the shoots in pots, which I can see from one of the sitting room windows.

I posted it early, not knowing when I would get out again. That was quite good time! You're very good not to peep :-)