The Garden in February
The days are definitely getting longer and some plants have begun to wake up, but the soil is still cold and there will be frost at night.
So although as you a see from the photos there are plenty of things blooming and smelling beautiful in the garden it is still early days in the gardening calendar. The plants in the photos are all designed to attract early insects in different ways- some have small flowers like Sarcocca and Wintersweet which have really strong perfumes, even some snowdrops have a strong perfume- but difficult to smell unless you pick them and bring them indoors.- others have larger flowers to attract the insects. The fern came from a mixed tray of unnamed winter ferns which i have really enjoyed as it is still glowing bright in a dark shaded place.
So resist that urge to sow seeds for another month until the soil warms a little and the light gets stronger. Unless you have a heated propagator, in which case you can sow chillies and tomatoes, but you will need to grow them on in the lightest warmest place you have.
But what can you do on the garden now:
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