Easter Monday, too windy to do much in the garden today. Yesterday we had a tour round the front garden, today is the turn of the back garden.

It's much slower waking up after winter than the front, but it is rousing slowly.

The Acer is sprouting her lovely red, fernlike leaves, but will not take her winter overcoat of bubblewrap off just yet.

My plum tree has a smattering of blossom although sadly not as much as I hoped for.

The clematis I thought had been exterminated by the workmen last summer has buds on, hopefully they will have opened up by the time my solitary bees have hatched. I have spotted a couple of brave bees around already.

 

Some of the seeds in my mini greenhouse have germinated, the salad leaves and fenugreek. Still waiting for the parsley, spinach and coriander. there's also some pak choi I bought and am waiting for the weather to improve to plant out.

Still no frogspawn in the pond. What has happened to all my frogs?