so nice to be able to join in a gardening thread... sort of. I have bulbs of something in my two wall beds - dwarf daffs I think and something blue - chiondoxa maybe?? That's about it for my garden because it is so wet on the grass that I can't set foot on it. Just long enough to top up the bird feeders and that's it - the whole grass area turns into a swamp from Autumn onwards. I've mostly got pulling/digging/hacking out to do before I worry too much about planting. I want to lay paving slabs in a couple of places, mostly for practical reasons, nothing too fancy. I've had plenty of time to just look at the garden and decide what needs doing, but no chance to get out there and do much unless it stays dry for quite a while when I have a slack period elsewhere (HAH!).

still, I've had a variety of heathers surprising me at intervals - one of the nicer things of inheriting someone else's garden is you get surprises. Not all of them have been good mind you. Like the waterlogged lawn. The heathers and pyracantha have kept me going through the dull winter though, and I shall be loath to remove them, unless they are really too leggy or woody once I've hacked out their neighbours. I have quite a few good shrubs in there that I want, like a large hebe and a gold spotted laurel, but there's quite a bit of rubbish that needs clearing before I can see if those shrubs will be worth keeping.

it's lovely to have a garden though, because normally everyone starts talking about theirs at this time of year and I'm itching to have one of my own!

Kerri.