Hello and welcome to the beginning of another year at Selfheal wildlife garden! After all the joys of 2012, we're so looking forward to sharing with you whatever delights and excitments this year may reveal. After last autumn's planting there's a lot more variety in terms of wildflowers in the garden now, so it'll be interesting to see the changes as the year progresses and the garden continues to mature. We've also got lots planned including the new bog garden and meadow area. We've decided to leave sowing the meadow till next September; making certain the ground's as free of weeds as we can get it, and in the meantime use this patch as a bed of native annual flowers.
As you can see from the photo below, we've got our share of snow at the moment, so the main jobs are keeping the bird feeders topped up and making sure the pond has a breathing hole free from ice.
As you can see from the photo below, we've got our share of snow at the moment, so the main jobs are keeping the bird feeders topped up and making sure the pond has a breathing hole free from ice.
At this time of year when everything looks so bleak and lifeless, it can feel as if the winter's never going to end. Yet bulbs are already pushing through everywhere. And what could be more heartening than this little dog violet bloom defiantly pushing through the ice.