Hot and cold

Sad news at Heale last week as a fire broke out at the plant centre and destroyed a potting shed and many plants from the nursery. Luckily, the fire was halted without damage to the garden but it was still very sad to see such a scene as blackened trees and debris.

As a result the Garden Team spent some time helping out with the aftermath, clearing and putting back together.

It was super cold at the end of last week, a hard frost and a pink sky made a beautiful sunrise across the garden. As a result of the fire, our greenhouse heaters were out so we even had frozen watering cans in our cold greenhouse! Puddles froze over and we were unable to move around the garden much for fear of damaging the grass and soil.

We did manage more mucking of the veg plots, the last of the digging and weeding and mucking the Peonies around the fruit cage.

I also had some serious words with the quad bike trailer - learning to reverse the thing is proving tricky - and I got there in the end. Practice...

Aconites and Snowdrops continue to arrive throughout the garden, bulb foliage is peeping through the grass and soil.

We are near to sowing time, we have started with some Sweet Peas already. I am looking forward to getting that going and the garden coming alive again.

Not long now...