One swallow doesn't make a summer.

[Paulottie]

I'm on the lottie in a t-shirt at 7pm; I saw first swallow today; pear tree is in full bloom; plums almost finished flowering; I picked first asparagus stalk on the 6th March....spooky stuff but I can't help being swept up in the tide:I went and planted up a few climbing beans and 1st 6 Runners sure i'll come unstuck but who knows? I'm ready with the fleece and i've planted up some replacements incase

[Tyto Alba]

I know. It can't last though surely. Come on, it's only Aril.....enjoy the moment!

Nothing to do with the hot weather, but a lovely woodpecker landed in the apple tree on next doors plot while I was working tonight. It was a beauty.....I suppose you had to be there.

[Squash Muppet]

Hey Paulottie

It's been a lovely day, hasn't it. I was out there this evening in a vest - just great! I noticed our swallows are already feeding their babies. Everything seems earlier this year - madness

I'm going to miss out on all the lovely weather that's forecast for this weekend too - have to go on a weekend course that my husband is running - hard to say no to that one He doesn't understand my lottie compulsion!

Enjoy!

Have a lovely weekend.
SMx

[Alice]

Sure is like summer. Late frosts and I'll definitely come a cropper with some things. Everything is so far on.

[OverWyreGrower]

We had a grouse on our veg beds yesterday.... he looked very confusedby the new fencing we had put up and spent a good bit of time walking backwards and forwards...

They do look lovely though, bobbing up and down... shame the dog scared him off!

[Flummery]

First swallow here just north of Hull was the day before yesterday. He's still on his tod though, hanging about waiting for his mates! He obviously isn't confident about making a summer!
At the end of our garden is a wooden electricity pole which supplies the cottage next door (ours is a more recent addition to the village) and we had a woodpecker on there 2 days ago too!
Spring has sprung but I'm not taking chances. Today has been cool and misty here.