Squirrel drey…

Well Readers, it’s been a busy couple of days but fortunately I found a brief moment to pop out and see what was happening in the garden. The squirrel drey in the whitebeam is coming on apace and the trees are putting on new growth. Not too much, I hope, as they were only cut back in 2024, but it is truly gratifying to see them rallying after their trim.

The clematis has been in flower for months – I rather like these small-flowered ones. Maybe I should invest in a few more? Any recommendations? And apologies for the wobbly photo.

It’s a mild-ish day, and there were honeybees on the winter honeysuckle (though no bumbles, strangely enough).

I’ve left cutting back the hemp agrimony until spring this year, and I’m rather glad I did. The fluffy flowerheads give a bit of interest at this damp time of year.

I’m definitely going to have to take a net to the duckweed, though. Holy moly. And it’s January. It didn’t really disappear this year, which surprised me as it’s been pretty cold.

Here are some gratuitous snowdrops….

Someone has left a tennis ball next to the pond. Fox maybe?

And the cyclamen that the lovely person who used to live in this house gave me (she also planted the whitebeam back in 1976) are coming through. What a treat!

And now, back to my Open University group project, of which more anon. It’s great to be working with people, but it is a bit time consuming. Onwards!