First Garden Daffodil of 2025

 On my daily visit to the compost bins, I passed Mary's mini-wood (approx. 2 metres by 2 metres) and spotted the first garden daffodil of the year today (27th Feb). This is two weeks later than 2024, possibly down to a very cold January this year.Photo 1: First Daffodil Among the Snowdrops in Mary's...

View from the Rear Window - July 2024

 July - named after the Roman General Julius Caesar, it was the first month to be named after a real person instead of a Roman or Greek God.This garden photo was taken on the 5th July. Everything is lush and green. The roses are blooming and I can see the purple Salvia flowers at the end of the...

Boiling Water Taps

 Sliced Bread is a BBC Radio programme that deals with consumer issues. The premise of the programme is to answer the question of whether a modern product is the best thing since sliced bread (SB) or just marketing bulls**t (BS). The 'best/greatest thing since sliced bread' is a common idiom meaning...

First One to Blink?

 Spotted the first frog of 2025 in our small garden pond on February 22nd. This is exceedingly good news because it means at least one has survived the winter. For the past two years (2023 & 2024), we had no frogspawn in the pond but did, unfortunately, find deceased amphibians.There could...

Snowdrops - The Weir Garden 2025

 The Weir Garden is a National Trust (NT) riverside garden located just outside Hereford. As NT members, we can access the garden as many times as we like. Late Winter/Spring (February - May) is the best time to see, in chronological order, the snowdrops, daffodils, bluebells and wild garlic.Photo...