Spring

What a lovely time of year this is. April and May are full of so much promise. The days are getting longer and the mornings earlier and working in the garden is both peaceful and exciting.

The tadpoles have been hatched about a month now and are getting bigger. Soon they will begin to show little legs and will lose the gills that have kept them safely in the water so far. Soon they will turn carnivorous and I have a good supply of bloodworms for them to nibble on. Better that than they nibble on each other!


The newts are still with me although soon they will have laid their eggs and have moved on. At the moment I'm making the most of them while they are here. Photographing them is quite difficult as my camera finds it difficult to focus beneath the water surace so I'm afraid this is the best I can do.


Elsewhere the garden is blooming. The Bog Bean is flowering and the other pond plants are all coming to life after the winter cold. By the side of the pond, my Angelica has suddenly gone into overdrive. At this rate, she will be six foot by the summer!


Lastly, the bulb bed that took me so long to put in last autumn has rewarded my work tenfold. Look at this...


Doesn't that just make you feel glad to be alive.