FIRST SNOW, FERNS, AND HUNGRY WILDLIFE
It's the middle of December 2019 and although there was a light covering of snow on the garden this morning, so far we have been spared severe weather. Sure, it's chilly, but that's to be expected; it's winter. I'm going to make fat balls for the birds this week but noticed that the squirrels like them too. Birds have been visiting the feeding station very regularly, greedily, and I wonder if they know something that I don't. Apart from the bit of snow, which soon went, it doesn't look very wintery in my garden. The white bacopa plants in the hanging baskets are still flowering, the parsley is still looking healthy and green, and the hardier ferns are delightful. Ferns in mid December - Brauns Holly Fern Polystichum braunii, left Dryopteris atrata, centre and deciduous Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis, right Ferns in June 2019 - Brauns Holly Fern Polystichum braunii, left Dryopteris atrata, centre and Dryopteris filix-mas Euxinensis, right Ferns mak...