It's good to see that Spring is springing with the lovely aconites providing sunshine yellow colours in the front garden.

The aconites go really well with this spiky plant that Janet gave me. She warned me that it would spread - she wasn't kidding!

Another firm favourite at this time of year is the beautiful snowdrop. Such a pretty little flower.

I had a helper with me as I wandered around this morning. He seems to be at his happiest running around the garden with a human!

A few minutes after this he'd sneaked under the nets and was sitting on the tub you can see! One day he'll fall in!

The plants on the right are bluebells, getting ready for their turn to shine later in the Spring.

My shed is home to quite a few pelargoniums - seem to be doing OK.

Above - pampas fronds get everywhere. I cut some of the tattier looking fronds down yesterday so it looks a bit tidier now.

Perhaps this frond is keeping the tips of the magnolia free from frost!?

The pigs are subjected to all sorts of rough treatments as the birds, squirrels, foxes and cats all clamber about on them, knock them over etc. The seem to be surviving the onslaught.

Squirrel food in course of preparation!

Another splash of red - this time from the skimmia japonica.

As you can see, the grass needs some attention. It will be added to Jonathon's jobs list.

The darker heather is just starting to flower (I might have written that last month as well but I've not seen much progress).

Broad beans - one of my favourite vegetables. They survived a very cold January, not to mention snow.