We've had massive snow - eight inches and higher piled up against the back wall and patio doors - and a biting easterly wind. Supposedly the start of
spring last week but it feels like midwinter. We keep getting hopeful of better weather but they're promising another week of cold and even more snow. Last year by this date in March we had planted
broad beans in the ground and started on the
potatoes. This year the ground is frozen and/or waterlogged. It will be a few weeks before we can plant. I'm going to start off the broad beans in pots in the conservatory (the greenhouse is too cold) and hope that by the time they are big enough to plant out the ground will be warmer and drier.
Still - some bright spots: I crept up to the top of the garden yesterday evening and picked some rather sorry, snow-covered
rhubarb. Some stems were frozen and broke off but I managed to harvest enough to make a rhubarb fool.
Here's a picture taken nearly 2 weeks ago with the snowdrops still blooming and the cocusses providing a splash of colour:
And this yesterday from the warmth of our bedroom window!
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