I've been celebrating these days. At least we had some of them last week (beside of some lighter foggy days 😜). When the sun is shining so bright my eyes nearly can not manage because they are not used to so much light anymore. It has been soooo dark, foggy and rainy from half December. We were lucky to travel away some days end of January.
I saw already the hare was very hungry, so it has been eating my small beech trees. I will need to protect them better, I'll hope they still can survive. The good thing was, we had so much snow the hare couldn't eat anything at all in my garden because all was very well covered with a heavy snow blankett. And we saw the traces where they get in the garden. I think it's a good idea to close this gates in spring to make it more difficult to get in and out.
Are you also longing for spring? For sure I am. But of course, I know it takes another 8 weeks at least. So I will have to wait for the real spring to start, maybe somewhere around March 😏( I saw looking in my old blogs.) So no Snowdrops yet, actually there is snow right now. But I found a nice quote, describing waiting for spring is full of expectations too:
"Every gardener knows, that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle....a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud straining to unfurl. And the anticipation nurtures our dream by Barbara Winkler"
To keep on dreaming I started making a planning of the year for the garden cafe and a seeding schedule. I made some cuttings of my French Geraniums (Pelargon). Next weeks I will go on sowing for next season. Just can't wait. I like to see all small plants growing. It makes me feel ok, no matter what happens. Even when the world is in trouble nature just moves on. It's healing for people. It helps to stay positive. I'm still reading a book about gardening (Sue Smiths Well gardened mind). It's a good way to recover from all sorts of things, it gives happiness, energy and hope.
When the snow is gone and severe frost has left too, we will start preparing for next garden season outside too. We can start changing the robotlines, sow extra grass and cut the Willow tree back. When it's getting better weather (a little bit more like spring 😅) I can start preparing the garden decoration. I got a lot of stuff form the Netherlands. It's only three weeks till March...
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