Been in the garden today. Yippee!

Great, it's should a good feeling to get out there and to make a start. Also good to see what's appearing, so exciting.

That’s great SB to get out it’s rained here in Wales for 5 days on the run !! everywhere in the garden is a soggy mess can’t belive spring maybe around the corner ! but being a gardener I am ever the optimist ?

That's so rewarding. Your second picture is more like some of ours. One bed was thoroughly weeded just before the wet weather started in late autumn and now looks as though it hasn't been done for a year. We have only one snowdrop so far but a few Iris reticulatas, two of which are in clumps i'd forgotten I'd planted - don't you love these little surprises?

I am glad that Spring is starting to spring. The rain today is torrential, I could only make out the view from the back window it was so heavy. Some of the back garden looks like a bog.
I am glad its not just me then Stera. I don't like tidying in the autumn as there is so much going on in the garden. But it wouldn't look as untidy as it does.

It doesn't really matter though does it - the blackbirds enjoy scrabbbling about under the mess. There's a plus to most things...

Weather isn't too bad here in the South though the sky is dark grey today . The colour seems to put a damper on everything.

Good to see you're going to have a nice show of Hellebores and those Cyclamen would cheer anybody up, SG.

Its great when you stand back and can see the difference you’ve made in a day isn’t it. I was just thinking today that I would order a cubic metre of mulch ready for when I get around to tidying the Golden border. Theres not too much to cut back, but there are a lot of weeds to get out.

Those Cyclamen are lovely!

I remember that, Karen, when I used to dig up the allotments, too! But then you could see just how much more there is to left to do!

Even though I may only have a balcony & not a proper garden it is still very difficult to get outside & do anything! Due to all the wind & rain lately I've had to pull my 3 big white troughs on the balcony floor further in from the railings as they were getting waterlogged! Fortunately the pots on the railings can drain freely so I don't have to remove them. Also the leaves help to keep some of the rain off as well.

You have worked your magic out there and have achieved a very satisfying result for your efforts. Your last photo is very similar to areas of our garden at the moment! Our soil is very wet so it is difficult to tackle very much out there until the rain decides to stop!
Your plants look lovely, especially the snowdrops peeping through the leaves.

Oh yes Balcony! The wind has been dreadful again hasn't it.

After what feels, such a long time, it feels so good to get out in the garden doesn't it. I managed about an hour yesterday. Wow, you certainly worked hard and what a difference.

well it is raining today so I am heading off into the greenhouse to repot last years plants that have been in pots and pot up new plants that have arrived bare rooted.

I am looking for my thermals as it is very cold and damp today. no sun to warm the greenhouse so I need as much help as I can get :p

Your worked bits look great. Shreddings make such good compost. I have a chomping machine and chop up all my woody clippings. There is never enough, so I go to a stables each year and supplement it with stable manure. A little robin likes to root thro my compost for those lovely little worms.

I too have robins watching my every move and sometimes I have blackbirds. The garden does have a lot of birdlife so I enjoy supplementing their diet when I can.

It is a lovely sunny day here with little wind. You have given me the encouragement to get out into the garden too. I have a few bits that need to be refurbished but with all the recent rain it is still too wet to walk on soil. I can sympathise with your struggle to get rid of the Acanthus. It just will not be dug out. I am sure mine will need to be killed off. Many of my tulips have gone walkies and I may see them in a neighbours garden where the squirrels have repositioned them. You have lots of colour and it is nice to know that another growing season is underway.

Seaburn you certainly made a difference, good luck with the clematis it looks as if it is on the way to the moon! good to see some Spring flowers emerging isn't it?

You have lots of interest in your winter garden. I hope you get some more days to spend in it.