With the fine weather showing its face there is the incentive to make a first
cut of the lawn and tidy up all the winter left-overs.
The pond has been cleared of a large quantity of small-leafed
pond weed, the paddock of surplus grass
and the garden raised beds also dug over in the last few weeks.

The daffodils in the middle garden have blossomed in the warmth
of the recent sunshine.
The growth on the ones in the lower garden are slower due to
the colder and wetter conditions in the paddock.
The camping pod is looking better too, as I have cleaned the
decking and cleaned and oiled the entrance porch.

A few less weeds and plant debris cleared from the back bed
has made all the difference to this part of the garden.
The sculpture trees have lasted well over the winter and don't
need any attention.
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Cleared
of residual veg and dug over ready for the warmer weather. |
The last of the sprouts,
the first of the rhubarb ! |

The leeks didn't do so well so I'll leave them
in a little longer before picking them.

Down in the lower garden, the 'low maintenance'
paddock seems to have taken a lot of maintenance after all.

I managed to cut the long grass on the wild
flower area and raked and removed the cuttings.
I'm back to bare soil in places so hopefully
the flowers will outpace the grass.

Next to the wall, in the cool of the afternoon
shadows, the snowdrops are out.
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First tree
colour comes from the Cornas Mas European Cherry. |
The pond after some
extensive clearing. |

I've left a few areas of water weed so as to
protect the new frogs spawn
and give the tadpoles something to eat when
they are hatched.

A floating Kermit Frog is standing guard . .
. courtesy of a special offer at the garden centre ( £1.35p
).

Beautiful snowdrops.

. . . and some lovely purple crocuses tucked
next to the garden's edge.
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Add to that labour a dog walk or two
and these two have crashed out in the sunshine.
Time to think about planting a few seeds in the greenhouse
soon
but I suppose I aught to tidy that up too !
No peace for the wicked.
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