21/01/2017 Around the garden.

Maximum temperature 11C, minimum -2C. 21km/h SE  wind. Dry but with a light frost.

Bergenia Cordifolia.

A rare visitor to the garden- Wren.

Nigel at work....

collecting leaves for compost.

Broad beans.

Garlic

Garlic chives.

Pampas.

Red Robin buds.

Vibernum tinus.

Ice still lying in the shade!

03/01/2017 A walk around the garden.

Maximum temperature 8C, minimum -3C. 30 km/h NE wind. No rain.

Still hanging in there :-)

Holly.

Choisya ternata.

Broad beans.

Garlic - lots of it !

20/11/2016 Around the garden.

Maximum temperature 17C, minimum 7C.  79 km/h SW wind.  Dry but we hear rain again as I type this!

Next years garlic was planted today.

Despite the weather this rose is still trying hard to open.

Calendula

Medlars,

Choisya Ternata a 3 flies!

Echeveria,

Cotoneaster.

Chard.

Broad Beans getting bigger

Today's vegetables.

17/02/16 A walk around the frosty garden.

Maximum temperature 8C, minimum -3C,  17 km/h SE wind. Dry.

A frosty start to the day.

Mrs Sparrow....

Morning stretching exercises...

Mr Sparrow...

and Mrs checking the sky for birds of prey.

Snowdrop.

Japanese quince.

Red Robin in bud.

One lone crocus struggling with the cold....

and a lone daffodil.

Daisies in the lawn.

The start of flowers on the broad beans,

Garlic.

Leeks.

Cabbage.

14/11/2015 A very sad day for Paris. A few local photos.

Maximum temperature 16C,minimum 5C. 11 km/h variable wind. Dry.

Peace candle for Paris today.

Last week this was woodland....

today it has gone!

 Wow great progress for Lidl with what was open land a week ago....

as above.

Oysters for lunch today.

Cosmos and bee,

As above.

Red robin.

Acer seeds.

Broad Beans.

Garlic.