"Whoever loves much, performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well.” Vincent Van Gogh
The sky is grey, the air cold and sounds of Nature are discernible. It is Spring. On the rare days of sunshine, its healing, encouraging warmth penetrates the hoodie as I garden. If Winter is the blank canvas, then Spring surely inspires the composition, the painting. What is on that canvas? The colour is overwhelmingly grey and brown, yellow, and blue and purple are dotted around by daffodils, crocus, grape hyacinth. The white of snowdrop is elusive. Over a towering neighbours hedge the briars of wild blackberry tumble downwards searching for the earth to root in. I cut these back high to let the blackbirds and thrushes feast on, come September. The architectural shape of artichokes, cardoons, and globe thistles, once the glory of last summer, gaunt and spindly are now accompanied by bright green offshoots that will continue the dynasty. Frost scorch and death from those two bitter weeks, one in December and the other in January are all too apparent on the cobeas and early clematis but they will regenerate from the rootstock. Nearer the house the borders show the spilled results of our first feeding of birds throughout the winter we have done. Putting up feeders for seeds and the fat balls and was rewarded by regular avian and squirrel visitors. Seeds and other debris are on the ground. They will be taken by the wood pigeons that have recently put Home Garden on their agenda. The call of "teacher, teacher" over the past few weeks from great tits in the cherry trees adds to the Home Garden And what of the gardener? Begriff. He is well. He plunges in to celebrate and absorb it all. He keenly anticipates the arrival of the Brimstone butterfly using wings to paint the meaning and description of Spring onto that canvas...
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AuthorI launched this website on 16th August 2020 to bring together my thoughts on gardening,, its importance for health and wellbeing and two projects running concurrently, a renovation of my own garden on the West Sussex coast at Lancing and a nearby allotment. But also to learn from other gardeners about the inspirations for their plots, about their gardening projects and enjoyment of beautiful plants and gardens Archives
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