Behind with the snow and ice.

We have been cosseted of late with the mild winter weather fortunately delt us in recent years, so it has come as a bit of a shock this (what was once) normal winter ice and snow. What I notice is how far behind plants like snowdrops and hellebores are.

Usually hellebores are in full flower by now and our borders trimmed with the white and yellow of snowdrops and aconites. The hard frosts since the year started and recent snow has prevented any work on the allotment and flower borders - this time last year I sowed my first rows of rocket in a raised bed under glass!

So all we can do is wait and hope for a warm, sunny and dry spring to get our seed sowings off to a great start and, at the end of the day, in my experience, the seasons and plants find their own way and we still will enjoy daffodils in April, tulips in May and strawberries in July.