End of the snow?

For the first time for over 2 weeks I've woken up and the garden is not covered in snow. The grass is green and the snowdrops are just beginning to push up through. There's not a lot of colour - a few primroses and helibores - but lots of daffodil and other bulb leaves showing and buds are swelling on the shrubs and trees. There are catkins on the hazel tree.

When the weather started to get really cold I spread sacking over the rhubarb plants and yesterday still with 3 ins snow on the ground I uncovered them. Today the red stems and yellow/green leaves are looking perky and bright in the sunshine.

More snowy garden pictures

Heavy snow yesterday on top of the frosty cold days before have transformed our garden into a mono-chrome wonderland:

Snow on the contorted hazel creates dramatic shapes.

View through the "Mediterranean Garden" which in summer is blue with lavender.

The temperature has been hovering around zero - just right for producing dramatic icicles on our conservatory roof

Snow-capped teasels and a view over the field to The School House.

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Winter freeze

Looking out from our warm kitchen at our snow and frost-covered garden! It was -7 deg C last night and hasn't climbed above zero today despite a bit of hazy sun. Look at the poor birds huddled in the redwood tree.



Our snow-covered garden