May podcast

Spring has finally arrived

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The trees and hedges have thickened out in the last ten days and Spring has finally arrived. It is still quite cold if you are in the wind, but nature seems to be revolving. The lilac has bloomed and started to lose its colour and the apple blossom has gone too. The walnut tree seems to be the last tree to gain its leaves. Tonight when I was in the garden I heard the cuckoo.

April Showers

Well, it continues to be wet and windy, but the hedges are starting to thicken up and the leaves are budding on the trees. We have been tidying up the garden and fields amidst the showers. It is quite rare to have a strong easterly wind too. My weeping pear, that lived in a bucket for the first year of its life with us (we lived in a flat so it was planted in a bucket which we kept on our doorstep) is in blossom - one of my favourite trees in the garden.

May-time

The last two days I have been working in Kent - often called "the garden of England" and beautiful it is too, what with the apple blossom in the orchards and the strawberries already being picked - two weeks earlier than last year and aren't they succulent and sweet! Look out for them in the shops - they will be there any day soon.