What a difference a year makes in the garden. What a difference a day makes. I'm talking about the weather and what is growing at a certain time, and how the weather can change from being sunny to forecasts of snow on high ground (like today, in West Yorkshire, on the Pennine Mountains). This time last year the tulips were open and glorious, the roses were full of leaf, the loganberries were too. I had the little, clear-plastic polytunnel full of all sorts of herbs and strawberries in pots. This year, although the polyanthus and the violas are giving a lovely display, the shrub roses I planted last year are struggling along. I have a feeling though that with just a bit more warmth and sunshine the plants will catch up. There's optimism for you!
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| 21 April 2012 |
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| 26 April 2013 |
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