Tuesday 17 March 2009

The warmth of Spring

Wow, what a glorious weekend we've just had.

It was so warm on Sunday that we had breakfast in the garden (at 8.30) and our first BBQ of the year for lunch (although by the time we'd sat down to eat the clouds were beginning to loom).

Took the opportunity to continue with some much needed tidying and weeding and took a few photos too to prove that Spring is so, so close now.

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This mini tulip that Katie planted last year is the first Spring bulb to flower.

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Primulas seem to be so hardy. I had about 8 all thrown together (literally) in a couple of bags, taken from old hanging baskets last autumn and I pulled them out and planted them in full and delightful bloom.
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Lovely to see my long sweep of Wallflowers finally making an entrance. I picked up a whole load of bunches of them from a garden centre late last summer for about £2 in total - they are brilliant for ground cover but one of my cats seems to have taken a shine to laying on top of them in places!

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