Despite a string of pond-icing overnights, this past week has seen some beautiful days and really quite warm sun. There is a real feeling of Spring in the garden, as daily daffodils trumpet the arrival of St David with their yellow flares of optimism. Our hens have a spring in their step as they range around the garden, following me as I unearth a tasty tidbit in the borders. They have a much longer day than just a month ago with dark- fall now after 6pm and good sunlight in the garden from before 7am. The daily supply of eggs is becoming a little more reliable!
This week has been largely spent in the greenhouse. There’s a link below to a previous post if you’re interested in its quirks and unusual past. It’s been a week of glass cleaning, inside and out. It is amazing how grubby the inside of the glass gets over the course of the growing season, but now they sparkle, with the roof panes taking on a wonderful silvery sheen in the morning sun, once the overnight frost melts.
Being a timber greenhouse, rot is ever-threatening, so sills are being patched, glass re-puttied and sanded timbers repainted before the growing season gets underway. Not difficult tasks in themselves but sometimes time-consuming as one moves around heavy pots of overwintering agapanthus, prickly hardy cactus and unwieldy staging with teetering piles of flowerpots to reach the affected areas, then move them all over again, like one of these square slot puzzles where only one piece can be moved at a time! However, the job is nearly done, whereupon order and calm will return until this time next year, and we can start looking out the seed trays for the spring showings.
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