A bit late for a White Christmas

Well, it's snowing and the garden's looking lovely - the snow's hiding the fact that the lawn hasn't been mown or edged and all the scruffy bits are all nicely tucked away under a beautiful blanket of snow.

This is from the conservatory doors; it was snowing quite heavily at this point and snowflakes got caught in the camera flash.

A momentary respite from the snow - the bamboo's bending down under the weight of the snow; I shook the snow off; of course,I had to crawl under the bamboo to shake it, so got covered in snow in the process. Janet laughed at me. Cruel woman!


From the patio across to the summer house - quite a contrast to the picture I posted under "Where are we now".

It's Christmas

Oh, and here's our Christmas tree:

Winter preparation

Well, there's not much happening at this time of year. Or is there? Let's see; a number of tender plants have been lifted moved into the conservatory, the largest of the Aoniums and the purple banana plant have been moved into the summer house. Dahlias and Canna's lifted and dried while a number of less-hardy plants have had compost put around their base to protect their roots from frost.

The purple banana has been affected by the cold despite being in the summer house: I guess i'll have to wrap up the summer house and the banana in bubble-wrap for added protection.

The exotic border is looking a little care-worn, with the Musa being wrapped in horticultural fleece (and in need of some straw for added protection) it's all looking a little sad.

Oh, and if you're wondering why this is not a good entry... Today has been our departmental Christmas lunch and i'm a little the worse for wear at the moment (hic!).