Simple pleasures in January
The very first snowdrop Filling bird feeders on a frosty morning Dreaming up garden plans
Yikes, how did that happen?! Another full trip around the sun is done, and 2023 relegated to the realms of memory. I always find myself taking stock at this point in the calendar, forever gazing out of a window at my little patch of Planet Earth, mulling over the year’s garden happenings and making plans for the fun to come. I moved house this year, so it was a stark shift of outside space. I inherited a garden that, though full of plants, was strangely devoid of nature – a balance I’m trying to redress with a hefty dose of wild. So far I’ve pick-axed through an expanse of hardcore to plant three multistem birch trees, leaving room for a riot of foxgloves and other fuss-free blooms to move in before summer, time willing.
I’ve dug a groove for greenery all around the patio and filled it with a leafy medley of mind-your-own-business and Mexican fleabane. And I’ve begun rehoming plants I don’t want via the village’s Facebook chat, free as long as you can come and dig them up yourself. So it’s a start – but there’s so much more I w
