The big news today is that the daffodils have come out in our kitchen window raised bed – the sun is shining and it is not very windy. We now have 1 male and 3 female pheasant visitors pecking under the bird feeders.
There are also tulips, blue bells and crocus’s in these borders, and some gorgeous Geranium magnificum which features vivid blue flowers. We cut it back after flowering and in spring, otherwise it would overwhelm the area. We’ll have to see if it has been over-cut back (in spring by me this time though!). The snow drops have now disappeared, but they flowered long and well this year. These ‘wild flowers’ all came from the area where the zig zag seat is now positioned, so I am also expecting some to flower up there as well – you can never get them all out……..but it has been a couple of years since putting the seat in situ and there’s a lot of gravel, so we’ll have to wait and see. I have also put a photo in here of the pollarded willow opposite our pond.
