Garden Blog
January 2012
We returned to the garden after Xmas on the first week of January. We talked through the ideas we have for this year and the changes we are doing to make. Also what we are going to grow.
The weather has been really changeable - we've had sub zero and double digit temperatures - MAD!!
We are going to start our seed palnting next week - so let's hope that Nature helps out. We are all looking forward to a productive and busy year.
Talking of Nature, we had two tortoise shell butterflys in the garden in December. And the birds are collecting and building nests
SPRING is on the way - YIPEEEEEE!!!!! 
November
This November has been the mildest I can remember - we still have Cosmos Daisys and Fushias out in the garden! In the middle of the month we spotted a Red Admiral butterfly and a Tortoiseshell butterfly. When you think, this time last year we had snow!
The jobs in the garden have been mainly clearing and tidying; the bulbs are planted - waiting for Spring.
With Christmas on the doorstep the garden group will be having a Christmas Party, then we have a break until the New Year.
By the way, we had a 'Teddy Bears Picnic' - we had eleven teddys attend and one monkey and their owners of course!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE, AND LETS HAVE A GARDENING NEW YEAR
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October
A very mild month - seems strange that the clocks will be altered at the weekend and Winter time starts!
The group have been busy as always. We have cleared the pots and baskets of their summerness, and have re-planted them with bulbs for spring-time.
There has been a lot of leaf raking going on; good fodder for the compost bin! The garden is having its Autumn clear-up and all the plants that have 'done the season' have been put in the compost too.
The birds are getting ready for winter - so we remember to fill the feeders and bird table and we also make sure there is fresh water for them too.
So we say goodbye to October.
September
September has been a good month for the Thursday group. The weather has been really good; at our last September meeting the temperature was 28°, HOT! HOT!
The garden is slowing down now and we are getting it ready for winter.
The Rushmoor in Bloom presentation evening was this month and we were so proud to win the Best in Category, 'Celebrating 25 Years of Rushmoor in Bloom'. GOLD!
We also received a Silver Gilt award for the 'Basket and Tubs' category. Everybody worked so hard for this - growing the plants, many from seed, and looking after them so that when the judges visited our garden it all looked wonderful. WELL DONE THURSDAY GROUP!
PS. We'll do it all again next year.
March
After a long cold winter we are now coming to the end of March. We have had some fab weather and warm sunshine (18 degrees C) which has helped give the garden a good kick start. We planted two rows of potatoes in February and they are just peeping through the soil, we also planted rhubarb and raspberry canes and they are looking good too.
The Daffodils that we started off in pots are now in the ground and in flower, along with the crocus. We have the biggest buds on the fruit trees so with some encouragement hopefully lots will blossom, giving us lots of fruits in the Autumn!
Spring sees the return of insects and creatures appearing, so far we have seen the roundest biggest bumblebees, three different varieties of ladybird and a white butterfly. Our pond had a makeover late last year so we now have deeper water, which has already been visited by the frogs who have laid lots of frog spawn. There are also water boatman on the surface of the water.
The birds have visited us too, we have seen robins, doves, blue tits, sparrows, dunnocks, chaffich, black birds and magpies in the garden!
We have planted lots of seeds in our poly tunnel if they all germinate we will be very busy next month potting on!
That's all for now, come back soon to hear whats been happening in the Garden!
