signs of Spring !

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Weds - heavy snow
Thurs - heavy rain
Fri/Sat/Sun - dry and sunshine )c(
As the hens were out pecking and scratching about , I thought I would go for a browse around the 'garden' and was very pleasantly surprised at the signs of Spring - considering the week we have just had.
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Forsythia
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Hydrangea if you look hard
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and my hellebores - they would look so much better with leaves - now who do I blame for that do you think ? >ch<
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Last but not least the good old garden mint that will be taking over by April !
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funny you should mention this - when I was walking the dog this morning, it was daylight at 6.30am :-D and I was able to see lots of changes in the park. Some elders were bursting into leaf and I even saw some crocuses! I also noticed blackbirds were having a bit of a territorial squabble too and at work on Friday when I went to change over a gas cylinder, some bird has built a nest in the manifold LOL
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Lovely pics Annie {hug}

Ive spent the last couple of days pottering in the garden too, after a few weeks of steady rain, i was also suprised at the signs of spring .... lots of things coming to life again )t'
The best bit, my lovely old grape vine has sprung a new healthy shoot so hopefully along with todays trim it may just come back to life )c(


We even spotted cranes flying over yesterday and today )c(
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Spring is in full force here - my garden is full of crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils, primroses, and leaf-buds a plenty. My favourite time of year (along with autumn, summer, and winter {rofwl} )
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LittleBrownFrog wrote:Spring is in full force here - my garden is full of crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils, primroses, and leaf-buds a plenty. My favourite time of year (along with autumn, summer, and winter {rofwl} )


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:oops: sorry - one of the advantages of being so far down.
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It was a lovely day here in the North East too. The buds on the hawthorn is just starting to show and the daffs and crocus are well on. Just saw the weather forecast for the week on countryfile though will turn colder as the week goes on. What we don't want is an early spring and then things to turn nasty again. That's the worst prospect.
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All my bulb are sprouting but so far only a handful of snow drops and crocus have flowered, loads of buds on the various trees.


The best sign of all that Spring is almost here is that the chickens were sunbathing today )t' >veg5<
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Lovely to see things coming back to life :-D
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lancashire lass wrote:and at work on Friday when I went to change over a gas cylinder, some bird has built a nest in the manifold LOL


I went to change another cylinder this morning and the nest has got even bigger and interfering with the manifold control. I gently checked there were no eggs inside but there was something soft and squishy inside - an earthworm (maybe a present for a prospective wife?) - but ... I'm afraid I've had to be a home wrecker and remove the nest {cry}

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Lovely pictures there Annie :-D

I'll take one of my little border at the front, I planted my winter pansies and cyclamen's in amongst the snow drops the other week >mmm<
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I love spring! )c( sometimes it feels it's never going to come but then all of a sudden the buds and shoots appear. Our usual walk with the dog is now a sea of snowdrops and cheers me up every day :-D
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the cox apples have disappeared fromthe fruit shop shelves and I am eagerlty awaiting the arrival of the all to short English asparagus season... and there are some flower things poking through the ground; probably can't eat them though.
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The daffodils are showing themselves in my garden )t'
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