Lifting and potting up some of our early snowdrops in perfect conditions – wet ground, and more rain forecast for the next 3 days. Finding a local compost / manure supplier has not been possible as yet, so we’ll be importing into Wales from England. First daffodils at last flowering up here – several for the first time – Peeping Tom, Toby The First.

Other items such as glass and clothes can be recycled at the recycling centre or smaller recycling banks. Laugharne resident Pat Hudson highlighted reports that the council would seek to reduce the centre’s opening hours. Please do not visit the recycling centre if you are self-isolating or displaying any symptoms of Coronavirus. Local people raised their concerns, including fly-tipping, increased carbon emissions and the closure being at odds with Carmarthenshire County Council’s climate emergency declaration.

Here we’ll opt for on site produced wood chip, from the autumnal visit of Lampeter tree services to cut back trees from close to our electricity cables. At last one or 2 slugs are obvious at night, so very limited slug treatment is used around perimeters and sensitive plants ( eg Clematis shoots, and Erythronium). The necessary graft which enables us (and you) to enjoy the views and scenes throughout the year which feature in my blog posts. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times.

Growing Crocus varieties that seed around is really useful to help replace such losses, (many bought varieties set almost no seed, or are sterile so losses like this quickly leads to a dwindling flower display). I did take the time to repot all 4 Magic Merlins into some fresh soil, making sure to remove as much of the old soil from the roots as possible, without dunking them in water.I thoroughly scrub the 2 pronged fork which I use for hoiking out affected bulbs, after finishing this job, and also try to minimise handling of any snowdrop flowers or leaves throughout the growing season to reduce the risks of cross contamination.