January 2024
This diary is a summary of our garden activities. The links are to blog posts that often give more detail.
01 - 07 January
Lots of rain
Harvested parsnips and leeks and wind|
Martyn’s birthday
Ruby showered and groomed
Saw two great white egrets at Temple Newsam
Rain+rain=mud
Videos
Harvesting parsnips
Ruby’s muddy walk
Ruby meets Billy
08 - 14 January
Harvested more parsnips, some sprouts and two small cabbages – one green and one red.
Bulbs in tubs are emerging
Seeds have arrived
Yellow clivia is flowering
Many trees at Nostell damaged by strong winds
Oven arrived but was not fitted
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Videos
Ruby’s birthday walk
Storm damage at Nostell
An afternoon on the allotment
15 - 21 January
Icy and lake frozen over at Nostell
Sparrowhawk visited the garden
A rhododendron f;owering at Temple Newam
Oven and hob still not installed
Icy
Videos
Feeding water birds
Temple Newsam
Video of sparrowhawk
22 - 31 January
Coppiced the hazel and cut down the buddleias
Picked some sprouts
Snowdrops in bud
Hellebores being to flower
Sarcococca flowering
More wind
Videos
Ruby learns a new trick
Coppicing the hazel