Well we’ve come to the last day of the Knit a long and it’s the first day of Spring! I hope you have enjoyed knitting the patterns as much as I have enjoyed writing all but one of them and putting it together. I’d love to see more of your photos, even if you’ve just…
This little fella was following me round last time I was in the garden, hoping I’d made his life a bit easier and had unearthed some worms for him.
A few of you sent the words ‘sunshine’. After such a long wet winter some Spring Sunshine would be amazing. Quite fitting then that there’s a lovely Spring flower, a narcissus called Spring Sunshine.
So far I’ve seen 3 bees in our garden and they have been huge! I’ve learned the scientific name today: Bombus hortorum. What a great name. Sounds like a Harry Potter character and rather befits such a large, scruffy being I think. Don’t be fooled by the fact it bobs around and looks quite dozy…
Day 17 – Spring is sprung! We are nearly there and if it is all right with you we’ll have a day to take stock and I’ll add a day on to the end to make up for the fact there is no pattern today.
As the 1958 number 3 in the pop charts song went, and happily still goes today: ‘When it’s Spring again I’ll bring again Tulips from Amsterdam With a heart that’s true I’ll give to you Tulips from Amsterdam I can’t wait until the day you fill These eager arms of mine Like the windmill keeps…
The word Snowdrop featured a lot in the lists of Spring words you sent me. They are the first signs that Spring is underway. If you have never been on a snowdrop walk you should add it to your bucket list of things to do. The one I went to was beautiful, serene and illuminating;…
Time to clean the greenhouse or cold frame and get seeds planted. Aubergines, chillies and tomatoes. Beetroot, courgettes, cucumber, squash,lettuce to name but a few.
The Auricula Theatre became the in thing in the Victorian era. A good friend of mine made me one. Not quite as elaborate as this one but I love it all the same.
Spring – time to think about harvesting something you planted last year that’s been looking after itself all Winter. The spring onion for example. White Lisbon are my favourite. We have them growing in an old pot sink and the green and white look stylish together. No reason to drop your standards just because it…
