Winter CAN be lovely...

5 minutes ago I wandered outside in the damp darkness with my gumboots and torch on the hunt for slugs. What I found however was far more delightful. Maybe my nose was compensating for the lack of visual substance. Or maybe daphne really does smell as good as I thought I had experienced! Enchanting, to say the least! I moved the pots to my porch from where I will hopefully be able to enjoy the scent much more easily.

Also, some Ajuga plants arrived a few days ago, and will be getting planted into the ground hopefully before the end of the week. I had already planted out our rear access path... space... with some (and threw my back out shortly after from all the landscaping I had to do to prepare the area) to grow into a ground cover and liven up that thoroughfare dead-space but these got pulled up by some chickens we were minding a couple of weeks ago for a relative. It was disappointing, but expected nonetheless. Nevermind! They will be replaced soon, which is very exciting, and hopefully they'll be able to get some growth in ASAP!

Although we are only, technically, half way through winter, I have my daphne's flowering, and my little greenhouse ready to grow some seedlings, and my thoughts are turning to preparation for our summer garden. It is beginning to feel like we are on the home stretch now to warmer weather.

If only my poppies would hurry up and start sending up some flowers!!!