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 it has been windy. And cold. Foliage has been shredded and early flowers frosted.  It's not been a pretty sight. Flowering currants took a particularly bad hit.  The celandines and dandelions have kept the bees and butterflies ok but they have had their moments, queuing for the nectar is a thing! As is working in the garden and having the butterflies right up close by and the bees happily brushing against my hands. Odd. But quite lovely... Springtime has showed just how much plastic clutter there is in the garden, from the very necessary pond liner to random buckets and pots left about the place. Now. There IS method in the madness...when the pots Are Full Of Plants, but the ones i saw today were more of the " Oh That's where those two buckets went to" thing. Brassica germination has happened! Overwintered cauliflowers are out with feverfew interplaneted. I'm hoping their scent might deter the dreaded cabbage white. The cabbages are being raised in pots , will be...

Although official hibernation ended,  March was an odd one, requiring a degree of reflection. Sunshine a-plenty. Not too much wind. Hopes of fabulous germination. The reality of this dratted virus (TDV) sunk in. For a slew of reasons, the media generally became an unsafe place.....for me. So no handy radio. Who knew I used the radio that much! Starting an intentional 40 days of mindfulness (sitting with an image) in another place came Just At The Right Time for me to take my own medicine. Serendipity strikes. Rather than hauling this out last year, I have just left it be. And look! There is much to be said for sometimes letting things alone. Garlic has been bedded in for a while now, surviving the earlier frosts fine. Trying some Very basic wind shelter to halt the 45 degree bends we had last year! Carrot seedlings requesting sunshine! Please! Now! Or yesterday for preference! Claytonia Perfoliata  aka Miners lettuce is a stupendous success, in greenhouse! Only!  Although...