The event that really marks the start of the gardening season is -
digging out the compost bin!
Which was done this morning, much to the delight of one robin, who actually dared to come into the garden while I was there (very unusual for our local robins), and later on a varied selection of dunnocks, blackbirds, tits and chaffinches.
It is clear that eggshells don't biodegrade as quickly as expected, though the little red worms cluster round them even more thickly than other compost components - we seem to have a very healthy and growing population of little red worms.
The first primroses are coming out, yellow as well as purple, and the hellebores are doing well -
- and the miniature daffs are at their best -
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