Mid February already. How the time flies !

lovely Hywel, spring bulbs do lift the spirits don't they. well they do for me. Bella looks very content and happy in your company. not many weeds visible to me.

your mature shrubs give the garden a wonderful frame work especially in the winter. my front garden lacks that as the borders are mainly herbaceous.
the hellebores are beautiful.

Lovely Hywel. Those wire shelves are working very well. Bella is looking very impressed.

Thank you both ...

Seaburngirl I like to have a mixture of different plants. The shrubs have herbaceous perennials in between them, and I also dot annuals around wherever I find spaces.

Scotsgran, I had to put the shelves down or all the bulbs would have been scratched away !

Garden looking good, Hywel ...
wire shelving working well.

Thank you TT xxx I didn't want all my bulbs scratched away

Your gardens look wonderful lovely Helleborus and snowdrops and crocus very pretty. Love the photo of Bella sniffing the crocus she is so pretty.

Glad that wire keeps the next doors cat off them Hywel they don't like lavender either nor mosquitos and bugs. I watch a garden hack on you tube they stuck the handles of plastic forks into the ground fork side up by plants to deter predators ruining plants.

Lots of lovely colour there to lift the spirits . . . pretty good for February :))

...wish I had some lovely fresh loam to scratch about in, especially in February! good idea with the grids. ah the joy the little crocus brings... love the snow drops too. A big hug to Bella. happy gardening, Hywel.

Super signs of spring there Hywel and the wire is doing a great job of keeping off the cats and supporting your plants. Bella is look gorgeous as always.

Those wire shelves are working really well and look so smart and neat.
Your garden looks very pretty already and Bella is SO photogenic!!

Thank you all x

Thrupennybit yes it is difficult to deter some animals. My other cats used to chase strays away but Bella doesn't.
I love Lavender. My mother always put the dried flowers in little sacks in cupboards and drawers where there were clothes, do deter moths.

Meadowland I hope the cats don't damage your garden with their scratching. I have found these wire shelves to be a good deterrent.

Thank you Sheila :)

Lori Bella said thanks for the hug !
and she said thanks for the compliments from Waddy and Wildrose =^..^=

The sister (nurse) I use to work for use to put a bag under her adopted daughters bed as she had trouble with her breathing it help you to breathe. You could always put a few pots here and there Hywel to deter next doors cat

Lol Bella wants a friend then. 😊

Your borders are lovely and tidy, Hywel. Bella is like our cat We should have changed her CPL name to Shadow.

My OH potters in the greenhouse when he is up to it and keeps an eye on the containers. Otherwise it's a case of waiting for the camellias, magnolias and azaleas to come out in force.

Bella adds that certain something to your pics Hywel - always a welcome sight. I was happy to see that St Francis has had a nice sheltered spot for the winter! Hope he doesn't feel the cold when you trim the shrubs!

looking promising .... slowly staring but as we both know in Wales lets hope it carries on ...

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Lovely blog, Hywel. Lovely to see the spring flowers, so far I've only got crocuses & a few snowdrops. Bella is looking beautiful, as always. She seems to be a bit bigger & chunkier than my Jessie, bet she likes her grub. Going to be a lovely day here today(Sun), I must make the most of it. Keep busy!

Lovely flowers as usual. It's lovely when you suddenly have bulbs popping up.
Pleased to see Bella is looking so well and happy.

I enjoyed a look round your garden Hywel and you have a glorious display of early bulbs and flowers. I love your Hellebores !
Bella is keeping an eye on you and looks really well. I miss our two , but unfortunately we are not allowed cats here.

Very nice, I remember you planting the crocus, you 'threw them in :-)
To think Bella hadn't been outside until she came to you, bless her she has a great life with you.

Lovely to see so many spring flowers in your gardens, Hywel! I don't have any spring flowering bulbs with flowers at present but it won't be too lo long before they all burst into flower - I just hope they don't all do so at the same time! 😀

Thank you all for your comments ... sorry I can't answer everyone individually today.

Just 4 days later & I have a mini-Daff just opening on the balcony! Just goes to show how eager the bulbs are to flower once we get a few warm days at this time of the year. 😀

Like your garden and your cat Hywel. I don't have a cat but a blurred tortoiseshell cat comes over the back fence and follows me about. Sits and stares at me but runs off if I move nearer to her. Very much a bird watcher and knows she is well camouflaged!

Sorry Hywel I'd missed this one, think it appeared the week my laptop crashed, you know how these things come to try us.. Lovely show of bulbs you had, I have the same pieces of netting along with part of an old fireguard covering my wildlife pond, have to do that to stop Brynner and Harriet pulling the plants out, also to protect the frogs and spawn. Bella is keeping guard for you again, never far from you is she, lol..