Take a deep breath

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We've both been a tad under the weather these past few days, courtesy of Adrian passing on the cold he managed to pick up when he went down to Edinburgh last week 😒 As I get older, I find that the run up to a cold just seems to drag on for what seems like an eternity, with nothing much to show for feeling so "bleugh" for days on end before it properly kicks in *sigh*

I had had good intentions to make a start out in the garden this week but just couldn't muster up any enthusiasm, not to mention energy, so it will just have to wait a few more days.  I did take a walk around the "grounds" last week, though, and scared myself with just how much there is to be done! 

My first garden-related task was to have a tidy-up of the plants in the greenhouse, which I managed to get done last week.

I did have a few plants survive the winter but a fair few didn't make it.  I still think it was worth the effort of trying, though.  As you can see, my seed potatoes have arrived and are now quietly chitting away.  I shall get them planted at the end of this month, by which time they should be sprouting nicely.

The greenhouse is a bit messy at the moment as I also brought in some of my garden ornaments to protect them from the worst of the winter weather.  Sam and Beverly bought me the cute little concrete hare, next to black tray, for Christmas.  His little friend sitting beside him is holding a solar light.  I do love hares 😍

I did actually manage to get it looking quite a bit tidier in there but for some reason forgot to take a photo of my hard work 😄

And this is what I've been left with.  All the fuchsia, Pink Galore, survived and held on to their leaves for much of the winter.  They lost those leaves fairly recently but are now all sprouting new ones.  I still have one argyranthemum and one osteospermum, but am not entirely confident that they will continue to survive.  Three of the geraniums Sunflair Eva White survived but sadly none of the Apple Blossom did.  The grey bowl is planted with nemesia Wisley Vanilla, which smells absolutely delightful!  I cut off all the dead and soggy leaves and whilst I'm hoping they will perk up, I'm not convinced that they will.

Still, as I said, it was a worthwhile exercise to try to save these tender perennials ~ I shall report back on their progress in due course 😉