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colder last week with the feels like daytime temperature staying several degrees below 0 C / 32 F. Although mostly sunny there was a bitterly cold northerly wind at times. Thankfully there was no snow but the hard frosts lingered all day in the shade.
I’ve only been to the plot a couple of times, once early in the week and yesterday after lunch, to take a quick look round. The ice was thick on both ponds, which I broke up and removed before refilling them.
I was pleased to see the robin appear briefly yesterday, and that the English Daisy is continuing to flower.
At home there are still a couple of flowers on aptly named Iceberg rose outside the living room windows. This picture was taken last Tuesday.
One morning I looked out the kitchen window and was delighted to see a Grey Wagtail bobbing about on the back service road. I often see the black and white Pied Wagtails on the pavements by the local shops but don’t recollect having seen one of these before.
It looks like getting slightly warmer, but overcast, towards the end of the coming week. Meanwhile I’ll be mostly armchair gardening or sofa flying.
Have a good week and take care!
Following my recent post 
Underneath the now dead crocosmia foliage there is already new growth showing well above ground so I’ve cleared some of away to give the new shoots some air and light.
The leaves on the strawberry plants are only now beginning to change colour from green to yellow then orange-red before turning brown as they finish dying back.
Best of all is that there is one plant which has just started flowering. It’s an English (or if you prefer Lawn) Daisy (Bellis perennis) tucked away at bottom edge of the main flower patch opposite the shed. On Monday there was one flower fully open with another bud visible.
This morning I cleared the main flower patch of any pot marigold tap roots which had remained in the ground when I cleared the foliage recently. I was thankful that the crocus Romance were showing so I could work round them without worrying where they were. They’ll need carefully hand weeding, as will the the crocus Snow Bunting by the dog rose.
OnThursday I forgot to mention, and show, the vinca/periwinkle flowers out front at home.
The weather so far this month has been rather unsettled with plenty of rain so it’s not surprising that I’ve only been to the plot once, after lunch yesterday, since last Friday. Meantime I’ve been mostly armchair gardening browsing through some of the 20 plus gardening books I have. One I’m going to read properly is 
I have tried growing a dwarf tomato variety at home on the windowsill in the past but generally without success, although I see that back in 2016 I grew a Tiny Tim which did quite well as you can see. 
I’ve also tried to grow Candytuft at home in a pot on the windowsill a couple of times without success but will be trying again next year.
I didn’t pull up the bright orange and golden yellow flowering Oopsy Daisy I had growing in the black plastic half barrel by the shed. I cut it back and hope that it survives the winter then starts growing again in the spring. If it doesn’t I will remove it and sow some more seed.
Sadly this year these were one of the flowers which didn’t do well in the dry spring and hot summer, and I didn’t collect any seeds as I usually do. I recently bought two packets of the variety Royal Dwarf, one Mix (pink, red and white flowers) and one White, from 
Flighty's plot 
