It's been nearly a month since my last post and we have had the best and worst of Spring weather. The run up to and over Easter was lovely, sunny, slightly chilly weather, but calm and pleasant. Then, last Thursday saw a beautiful clear start to the day suddenly followed by a sea fret and the weather has been slightly damp and misty since then.
But things are starting to grow and flourish, so hear is my latest update.
I have planted planted Hartsease seeds between paving slabs but am yet to see any life appear here. Then Ox-Eye Daisy seeds being propogated in an old egg box are coming through but not big enough to plant outside yet. I will this week be planting Corn Marigold seeds straight outside with a great deal of hope and optimism!
I mentioned previously that bulbs were coming through and this is the flower of one that has proved most successful.
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| Flowering Thyme |
The thyme in my pot of herbs is flowering beautifully at the moment
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| Osteospermum |
The Osteospermum plant put in a tub for the first time last year is flowering. The flowers have tried to come through a few times during late Winter and very early Spring but they do need a certain amount of sunlight to open up fully and this picture was taken on a bright day. Today is a bit cloudy and the flowers aren't as open at all.
Obviously the whole point of what I am doing is to attract wildlife and so here are the first two small sightings. A Ladybird was happily nestled on some longer grass. Quite close then was this snail . . . .
This picture was taken on a wet day, hence the snail was very happy. I don't like really like snails as they can destroy plants in a flash but I did think this one had a shell worth noting.
Needless to say the seagulls are once again building nests on the roof so we are finding bits of nesting material dropped outside the front of Phoenix Court and regularly seeing seagulls flying away with tufts of loose grass and plant material.
