Snowdrops where for art thou?

We had two open days last week on Thursday and Friday on behalf on the National Garden Scheme (NGS) the plants in the garden are so far behind that we felt we could not charge an entrance fee so it was just donations to the charity. Is Spring ever going to get here? I do not think it is just us I think it is country wide, when it does finally warm up it is going to be just one big colourful explosion.
We are having our family holiday at the moment and have picked Canada this year, it is like home from home, in fact Manchester airport had more snow when we left than when we arrived in Toronto. It will be straight back to work when we get back, but after catching 6 moles this last month hopefully we will now have a lawn, the weather should be warming up and the grass growing (with luck not the weeds), so the first cut could be imminent.

Water Gardening!

I must say I feel abit of a fraud at the moment writing a gardening blog, as every day I look out of the window and it is either raining and we are very wet or frozen solid. We have managed to cary on doing some semi pollarding in the Nut Walk. The hazel trees need thining but we do not want to totally loose the height by completely cutting them to the floor so just taking out any old and knobbly bits.
We are now open again and it is nice to see a few people braving the winter weather to visit Lesley in the Tea Shop. As yet not too much to see in the garden as the snowdrops have just stopped and even the aconites are only just popping through, they are usually well out by now.
I have to say a very big thank you to all the lads on the island of Masira which is just off the coast of Oman they have collected a large sum for our on going charity 'Help for Heroes' Well done and thanks again.