by Janis on 31st January 2025 / 0 comments
Welcoming the New Year of 2025
Perhaps a little late, but a happy New Year to you all.
It’s fantastic to see the evenings gradually getting lighter, and the shortest day is now a bygone. It will only be a matter of weeks before we’ll see the first signs of spring.
But hey, let’s not wish our lives away; let’s relish the fact that here in the UK, we have different seasons to enjoy, particularly seasonal foods.
After an invigorating country walk, there’s nothing better than coming home to a hearty stew or an embracing soup.
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What we’ve been up to in January
In the garden and on the websiteAs our garden is pretty dormant at the moment, it has been relatively quiet on the gardening front, especially during the frosty times.
Although we have already seen signs of our spring bulbs peeping through the compost in our pots and containers, a few of our daffodils are also in bloom in secluded areas of the patio.
Frosty Honesty
However, once again, our delicate dwarf irises have done us proud; I can’t believe how pretty they are.
The mountain of bulbs, which we bought from J. Parker’s and planted around the garden, will soon be showing their faces.
Have you seen any signs of your bulbs popping up in your garden yet?
Our Amaryllis
At Christmas, I was given an Amaryllis bulb to plant. I potted it up on Boxing Day, and its progress is incredible. It appears to be growing about an inch every day. Here’s a photo after one month.
Achievements for January
Let’s keep ticking those boxesAs you would expect, January has been a reasonably quiet month in the garden, and the mixed weather conditions certainly haven’t helped. However, we do need to get out in the garden and tidy some pots and the garden beds.
Bird table in winter
Glistening Contorted Hazel
Now is a good time to prune evergreen shrubs, especially holly, box, and yew. We have a few holly bushes and yew, so it’s best we keep on top of them.
It’s also an ideal time to prune your apple and pear trees.
So, let’s see what we’ve managed to tick off for January.
Cleared more of the patio pots, now the plants have died back.
Ensuring we top up the bird feeders.
Keep the garden waste bin as full as possible.
Lessons learnt & mistakes made
You live and learnAgain, I have not made any garden mistakes, yay, maybe because I haven’t really been in the garden.
Erysimum, Red Jep
Our plans for the coming month
What’s on your to-do list?Weed the driveway, again using a scraper.
Continue to monitor our garden tasks on the RHS Planner; this online tool is so handy.
Check whether our holly, yew, apple and pear trees need pruning.
Start clearing weeds and unwanted planting in the Cottage Garden section.
Decided on the planting for our two front garden beds,
Please let us know what you have planned in your garden this month; we’d love to know.
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