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Gardening Calendar

December 28th 2014

This year seems to be going out like the proverbial lion! Strong winds have been busy pruning the old branches from our oak, poplar and ash trees. The grandchildren’s swing set had a narrow miss when a branch landed nearby, but the damage would probably have been slight even if there had been a direct hit, as the wood is quite rotten, after the attentions of woodpeckers. The open part of our garden is still waterlogged after all the rain during the middle part of December. However, the raised beds are pleasingly high and dry. They have produced a bumper crop of spinach and beetroot, but sadly the pigeons also like spinach, so there is not a lot left now. We shall have to invest in some bird scarers. They are also partial to our cherries even before they ripen, so we are often left with stones on stalks, all the flesh eaten off!

Last night brought the sharpest frosts so far this winter, but only a couple of degrees below, and fortunately none of the snow being experienced by other parts of the country. However, I shall be bringing in my pots from the patio for the next few nights, forecast to be very cold.

Christmas brought us a fig tree, and the promise of a Kiwi tree and some penstemons. Spring is already being anticipated. It will no be long now till the first snowdrops start showing through. I am eagerly awaiting the new season