I think it's time to shake off the mower shavings and look garden-ward, now the Christmas season is, to us at least, a bygone.
The mild conditions once again are bringing surprises, including more blossoms on the oranges, a silly tomato still in green leaf with little green set fruits, and leaves uncurling on the rhubarb.
Usual fayre includes snowdrop tips whitening and crocus spikes all over the lawn.
Bertie, Itchen Valley.
'We'll never see 40 celsius in this country'.