The storms have been weathered

It is great when fewer pullovers are needed and the odd chance to leave off a coat presents. Still some piles of snow at the end of Rectory Road are left from the excavations of last week.

The Pears now join the Quince as their buds are obviously on the move. About the usual time regardless of the recent cold.

The land is pretty wet but our old land drains are having a good flushing – first since last summer.

As we no longer spray the trees there is no hurry to deal with prunings  – they can stay until the land is much more suitable to drive on and can be chopped up at the same time as the first grass trim. It all ends up in the same place – the custody of our earthworms.

No apparent harm done by wind chill or frost, just the inconvenience of snow  (only about 120mm fell) being blown off local arable fields with no hedges.

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