I've started as I mean to go on by weeding my vegetable beds and covering the soil with anything which comes to hand. Mostly straw so far. 2 1/2 out of 6 were done this weekend. Garlic is in (I started it off in modules) and broad beans are coming along in pots. Most other things will wait as long as I can stand! Ideally mid February.
I plan to make the most of this mild weather as long as it lasts.
A simple vase of winter flowering Jasmine this week. It's so bright and springlike when everything else is grey.
The vase is one I bought when out Christmas shopping for things for other people, it was so cheap I just couldn't help it. It was the very least of things I could have bought for myself.
I look forward to seeing what everyone else has found for a January vase.
Join in with Cathy at Rambling in the Garden to see.
Yes the vase is just right...and the yellow blooms joyful. Happy New Year.
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DeleteYes, definitely a good choice of vase for the jasmine - it looks so pretty. There are some stems coming through the fence from a neighbour's garden, so I must watch out for any flowers that I could use in a vase too. It's been good to crack on with jobs while the =weather has been milder but we had a chilly breeze this morning and ten some rain this afternoon
ReplyDeleteThings coming in from next door are fair game! Yes, we had the same here - it's not at all warm and then wet.
DeleteIt really does make me wonder how those delicate little yellow flowers survive the ravages of winter, but on they go flowering. I brought in a few snips on New Year's Day to celebrate, and you're right they feel so Spring-like. How heavenly they look in this vase, I adore the simplicity and elegance of your display
ReplyDeleteThank you. That's right but some of the most hardy things are tiny and fragile looking.
DeleteLove the colour of your little vase Alison, and the yellow of your lovely jasmine is the colour I always head for as soon as Twelfth Night has been and gone! Something springlike and not red and green!! Amanda https://therunningwave.blogspot.com/2020/01/a-featherweight-vase-on-monday.html
ReplyDeleteYes, a change is necessary.
DeleteThe yellow jasmine is pretty and cheerful, Alison. Best wishes with the work in the garden. I'm about to get back to mine - our temperature is supposed to reach 75F (almost 24C) today!
ReplyDeleteYou probably wouldn't like the temperatures here, probably 10C at best, but it's not freezing or blowing a gale.
DeleteWinter jasmine is most pretty Alison and perfect occupant for your attractive new vase. My winter jasmine has just started to open over the last week. I always treat myself to a little Christmas present - usually a new book :)
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