After the recent rain there was a sense of Spring in the air.
The wind blew, sending with it a chill reminder that cold days were still on the cards.
I perused the garden with a slight optimism; the grass was scratched bare in places by the chooks, the path to the shed was covered in mud, the vegetable and flower beds were too empty.
However, potatoes are chitting in the house and packets of seeds lay waiting for warmer days.
And I did notice the pots.
Bulbs were beginning to shoot and the daffodils and primroses were out.
These pots usually sit atop the old garden piano, as pictured above, but the recent winds means they are currently safely ensconced underneath by the pedals.
The crocus bulbs are working hard but I have given up on my grape hyacinths ever flowering.
At the bottom of the garden I await my flower bed to bloom - fenced off as, although butterflies are welcome, chickens are most definitely not.
I have planted alliums, tulips and daffodils as well as the wildflowers whose seeds were sown last summer - and over which I got in trouble for pulling them up after flowering as I thought they were weeds.
You see, I love a good garden but a good gardener I am not!
What's going on in your garden?
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What is in my garden....umm a mess! Well there is my lovely Beech tree still pretty much naked of leaves except a few brown crumbled ones that have hung on despite the winds best efforts to remove them. I think I have one pot with some white Heather flowering, lucky huh? I planted lots of Heather's in memory of my sister alas Kit decided they needed to be dug up so I only have one left and that is not in a totally unsuitable container stuck on the log store. Not how I envisaged them when I planted them up lovingly in the lovely stone trough my Grandad dug up many years before I was even born. Small garden and playful puppies and dogs don't really mix. I have hope this year to do something but if not I shall keep just loving my tree! x
ReplyDeleteLovely photo's and looking forward to seeing what comes up in your flower garden, I love the sign too!
ahhhh spring is just around the corner - looks like a good garden to me!!!
ReplyDeleteYour pots look lovely with all the Spring bulbs in. I noticed the beginnings of flower heads on our daffs today, I'm really looking forward to seeing them come up!
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous splashes of colour. Love how ordered and neat your garden looks.
ReplyDeleteAhhh all the pots lined up in a row! So pretty - Spring in a blog post Viv and it's making me h-a-p-p-y!
ReplyDeleteRoll on Spring and roll on Camp Bestival too! Thank you for joining in again m'lady!
Your daffodils and primroses just add brightness and cheerfulness to the garden and make dream of sunny days!
ReplyDeletePots look so pretty, I really need some. A few daffs look ready to bloom in my garden and I've been planting summer bulbs, trying to be organised!
ReplyDeleteMy grape hyacinths are also just a jumble of leaves this year but I am sure both of us will see flowers sooner or later. Oh and the pigs say oink back from Eco-Gites of Lenault :)
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