Pond Life

Every year my husband gets naked and leaps into the pond to give it a good clear out and after last years flash floods it needed it.

 
It’s a big pond we’ve inherited. Given a choice, my husband would fill it in, but I like the wildlife it attracts.

  
  
This year we only found newts & frogs. The fish have become delicious pickings for herons.

  
 A single small Lilly plant has completely overtaken the pond, still…more to share or swap.

  
Buckets of stinky pond sediment, checked over to be sure it’s free of newts, becomes great muck spread for the veggie bed. 

 
A good days work.

  

 

 

Succulent Baby

I’m always fascinated by how succulents grow. They are so easy to make new baby plants from just only a leaf.

  After collecting a few of those little glass Gu jars, I stuffed & stacked the jars with leaves from succulents. -Any jar will do..

  With a spray of water little & often and sat on a sunny sill, roots started to emerge from the tips of the leaves.

Once the roots appear, then baby plantlets grow from the roots.

Simples.

I now have lots of babies wanting their own space to grow into big healthy plants.

Give it a go …

 #lovesucculents #growsucculents

Buds of Spring

After a few beautiful warm sunny Spring days, April has begun with a burst of buds.

Just to wet the buds of what’s to come…

  Tiny green shoots from potted Winged Spindle Trees 

  Towering Lily-of-the Valley …

  
 Viburnum × bodnantense ‘Dawn’ -it’s scent is intoxicating !

  Topiary tips…

  
Dazzle daffs..

and lots of very happy bees.

Tropical Spring

-You may think ! 

Strangely the weather has warmed up again.The plants aren’t sure of what season it is. 

Snowdrops are plentiful, as are the Crocus around the rockery.
   

  
Tête-à-tête, my favourite spring flower, are also making an appearance in the garden.

  
First sight lash of colour, shinny, bright.

  
-Not sure on the variety of this snowdrop that’s turned up this season. It has large thick leaves, & huge flower heads! 

Even the lambs have sprung onto the back field early..! 

• Just hold off late frost ! 

Blooming blossom

 

Another tree showing off early this spring, usually flowers March/April time.

Blooming blush cherry tree.

Spring back to life

Looking across the garden from the back door, bulbs appear under the apple tree. Snowdrops are in abundance.

It’s a sneaky peek at the start of spring before everything erupts into flower.