OH NO! - HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Hello - well I knew it!! In last week's blog - I talked about getting out and about, making up for lost time - now milder weather has arrived!!

And - a week later - here we go again - the wretched white stuff is back!!

Suffolk is now a carpet of white for the fourth time this winter - as I type this - it is a whiteout - with visibility down to about 50 yards. It seems to come from nowhere - that is one of the disadvantages of being so close to the coast - the showers just come in off the North Sea and hit the colder air overland - and dump a load of snow on us!

But life goes on - and this week at the nursery - we ran a GRAFTING COURSE. Four brave souls battled through the roads and conditions to enjoy a morning with Graeme learning about one of the oldest methods of propagation around.

At first sight, the idea of cutting into branches and wood with a very sharp knife - and then attempting to 'splice' them together, so they may make a new tree, seems daunting. But, by the end of the morning, four happy people trekked back up the drive through the snow, clutching their Ornamental Hawthorn - Crataegus 'Paul's Scarlet' - that they had themselves grafted - to grow on in their own garden - and hopefully be admired for years to come!

Next week - weather permitting - we have our extra WINTER PRUNING COURSE - on Thursday 18th - from 10-12.30. If you would like to come to this course, please ring the office as soon as possible to book - since places are limited.

Also at the nursery this week, hedging orders have been moving out fast. Two loads of fresh hedging stock have come in - and basically gone straight out to customers - so again if you are going to plant a NEW HEDGE this winter - you need to get your skates on!! (That is not a pun in the current icy conditions either!!)

So yes, it may be snowing - and yes, it may be grim on the roads, but when the sun does come out, it has got a little bit of WARMTH in it now - because after all we are almost into mid-February - and better weather has to be around the corner - - doesn't it!!!????

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

RICHARD