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Garden notes, 1 March 2019

The warm weather over the past week has encouraged a few things to bloom in the garden, and the rest is courtesy of the garden centre!  We have lots of pots which, by this time of year, are looking pretty awful so a trip to the garden centre is something I always enjoy and then fiddle around with my purchases to try and make things look a bit more cheerful and springlike!
Outside the garden there are some lovely things going on too!
In the cold frame I have some sweet pea seeds, just planted the other day, and some rose geranium cuttings which I took last year and now need hardening off. Things are starting to happen in the garden, and that can only be good!

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  1. Sally2 March 2019 at 03:39

    It looks truly spring like - love the shot of the crocus, trees and across the fields...good enough to be in a magazine.
    WE are desperate for rain. Its hot and dry and their are bush fires up in Gembrook and other areas of the Dandenongs. The sky is pink from smoke and there is a strange hue that makes our skin look orange. C was most amused as she headed off to the beach with a friend!! Laughing... because they looked like they had faked tanned themselves...and badly!!!!! Hee hee!

    Another few days of hot dry winds and then it cools down. The fire fighters and residents in the fire zones will be grateful.

    Thank you for such a lovely post of springness! xxx

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