A Few More Posts In The Ground

Just put a few more of the 2x2" posts in the edge of the berry beds. Two were straight-forward; one discovered a drainage channel two foot down. Bit of a problem, as I wanted it about 2.5-3' deep. Still, I've worked round that issue.

The daffs are coming, slowly: we're going to cut a few to get them to open inside (bit of extra warmth). The puschkinia are now looking rather pretty, and the squills are opening up. I also noticed a patch of--I think--chiondoxa hiding underneath a berberis (at the end of the upper existing bed, near the oil tank), which are rather striking. We'll have to relocate them/protect them while taking out the berberis. We've also found daffodils turning up all over the place (not just where we planted them last autumn), often hidden or obscured by something overgrown. What we suspected of being a flowering currant has confirmed itself as such, and the one we (slightly brutally) transplanted from the in-laws' garden has also started flowering.

The daffs in the front (Cheerfulness) haven't come up yet, but some of the tulips are near. And the hyacinths in the pots outside the kitchen window are looking good.

In other news, we're off to Cambridgeshire tomorrow, for Hazel and Alex's wedding on Saturday (actually nearer Peterborough, but we're staying with them Thursday & Friday night to help prepare. I'm nearly happy with my Best Man's speech (it's really more of an elongated toast, but there you go), and will be practising it on the journey down...