Garden in February

 

The first couple of days in February and things in the garden were beginning to happen. The large snowdrop plant has now been joined by more smaller ones. 

Below, the first crocus is in flower.

The start of the last week in February and the crocuses are at their best.

The first daffodils were coming into bud at the beginning of the month.

By the end of the month many are now open.

The clematis had started to sprout it's leaves at the beginning of the month.

Into the middle of February and more snowdrops have arrived.

The Photinia Red Robbin is flowering early this year.

The Honeysuckle is coming into leaf.

And there are the first flowers on the Forsythia.

These are the last flowers on the Viburnum bodnantense that flowers from late autumn.

It was time to turn over a whole years compost heap, following instructions for the first time adding Garotta and water to every layer. That's the pile in the middle. At the far end  of the photo below is the stuff from last years cuttings and mowings and on the left a brand new heap for this year.

Then I turned the pile at the far end and added the Garrota and water. So I can now leave it all until this time next year.

This was how that heap looked in the summer.

Below are the remains of the compost from two years ago now ready for spreading on the borders. Not sure how long I can keep this up.