Sunday, 12 January 2020


 Reasons to be cheerful. Last autumn I planted some bulbs around the base of one of the street trees near my front gate- a small act of gorilla gardening. As I left the house on this dark grey morning I was delighted to see a couple of dainty Winter Aconites (Eranthis hyemalis) unfolding from the soil with their ruffs of bright green leaves topped by gleaming yellow flowers.