Gardener's Diary - January 2010
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The long spell of very cold weather has held back the Snowdrops by several weeks, most of the varieties are only just starting to appear through the layer of leaf mould spread over the beds before Christmas. The relandscaping of the Rock Garden is almost complete with the addition of a new path, steps and bridge, planting around the pools will be changed over the next few months.
Nature Notes
Woodpeckers have started their territorial drumming this month & several Barn Owls have been seen hunting over grassland around the estate, the bird feeders in the
walled garden have been very busy with large Tit flocks eating their way through lots of Black Sunflower seeds.
The photos below are a Robin, Galanthus "Washfield Colesbourne", gracilis "Highdown" and the Snowdrop Walk.
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