   The snow has gone, revealing the work that needs to be done in the garden. Usually February half term is my starting point - this year I am running late. Pruning is the major job of the moment - the vines to finish, the orchard and the soft fruit garden as well as the willow bed still to do. It is amazing how much growth the apples and willow have made in a season and important that the pruning is done before the end of February when the sap starts rising. The soft fruit also needs a bit of a haircut - some having already been pruned after it fruited last year. Soon the rhubarb will be up - the first crop always being the best of the season. Signs of Spring are here with snowdrops down the track, bulbs beginning to peep through the soil and aconites and hellebores in full bloom. Time to get on top of the weeds - which always seem to suddenly reappear, like a bright new green spring carpet, when you thought you had done a good job in the autumn!  
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