Bought some primroses, hyacinths and mini-daffodils from Homebase. One of the primroses was out so I planted it in a little pot and put it inside on the windowsill with the hyacinth bulbs. I can look at them as I eat my breakfast.
Also bought some lily of the valley and bleeding heart (lamprocapnos) bulbs to plant now for flowers in May/June/July. I had to remove the most ENORMOUS lumps of masonry from the front garden in order to plant them. I kid you not, these lumps were at least one foot cubed in size. I needed the spade to lever them out of the earth, which was left scarred by two huge craters.
I was extremely cheered to see a load of shoots coming through in the terracotta pots on the back terrace. No idea what they are, but I can't wait to find out.
Even on the greyest day like today, new life will out.
