I won't call it gardening at the moment, it's more like ice digging.
The ground is really hard frozen, & with temperatures down to minus 20°c, it's hard to imagine what will survive to see the warmth of Spring.
The tete a tete daffodil bulbs were just popping their heads up before we dropped into the depths of an arctic winter. The crocuses, snowdrops, camellias & even the rhododendrons were all in bud or flower. It can't be doing them much good can it?
The deer that crunch over the frozen snow at night, searching for the smallest patch of grazing, are finding very little. I fear that they will make a very easy target for the hunters (chasse) if they are weak & hungry.
So, with no let up in sight for at least the next few days, gardening is on hold here in the Limousin.
Watch this space, Spring must be around the corner surely.
Inkflo
The ground is really hard frozen, & with temperatures down to minus 20°c, it's hard to imagine what will survive to see the warmth of Spring.
The tete a tete daffodil bulbs were just popping their heads up before we dropped into the depths of an arctic winter. The crocuses, snowdrops, camellias & even the rhododendrons were all in bud or flower. It can't be doing them much good can it?
The deer that crunch over the frozen snow at night, searching for the smallest patch of grazing, are finding very little. I fear that they will make a very easy target for the hunters (chasse) if they are weak & hungry.
So, with no let up in sight for at least the next few days, gardening is on hold here in the Limousin.
Watch this space, Spring must be around the corner surely.
Inkflo
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