Waiting for a break in the rain
Early February in my garden is mostly rain, stalled jobs and trying not to lose momentum while the cornflowers, ranunculus and dahlia tubers all wait for a drier spell.
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Leggy seedlings and longing for summer
Late January in my garden is a mixture of leggy seedlings, summer daydreaming and reminding myself that even the scruffiest jobs are still moving the season on.
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Garden Projects
Seed trays, bargain bulbs and the new border
Mid-January in my garden is all about small jobs that make spring feel a little closer: seed sowing, more ranunculus, bargain bulbs and plans for the new border.
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Growing & Planting
Still trying to get the last tulips planted
The run up to Christmas has been full of ordinary life things, which means the last few garden jobs are being done in whatever gaps I can find.
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Bulb planting squeezed in between Christmas prep
It has taken until early December to get a proper weekend for bulb planting, but I am very glad I finally found the time.
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Finally coming home in the light again
Today it was still light when I got home from work and that tiny shift in the day length felt ridiculously cheering.
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Five minutes in the garden never stays five minutes
The garden has its own time zone at this point, where a quick job somehow turns into an entire afternoon without warning.
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Questioning my sanity over all these bulbs
I do think there comes a point every bulb season when you start to question your own sanity a little, especially when you are several hundred bulbs in and still not finished.
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Trying not to panic about all the rain
I think most of this fortnight has been spent looking out at the rain and wondering what on earth it is doing to the garden. Everything feels soggy, slightly battered and a bit behind, and I am trying very hard not to catastrophise.
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More ranunculus, more snapdragons and a bit more faith in shade
The end of January has arrived and I am already sowing too many things. The latest batch has been more ranunculus, more snapdragons and probably more optimism than is strictly sensible.
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