Nettles

Nettles have very long strong roots and underground runners.
Spent hours digging, tugging and man-handling these terrors in an effort to get a little piece  of land cleared for the Echinacea  plant-lets. 

From this to this in a mere 6 hours!

then a cup of this seemed a fitting end to a wearing day.

Take that you pesky stinging nettles! 

Sadly 'rejuvenation' was beyond a hope by that time.

Sunshine and catkins

The sun was shining and the catkins are out. 
The catkin is the male part of the plant, if you look carefully at the top you can just make out the tiny red flower that is the female and if pollinated by the pollen blown from the male will create a hazelnut later in the year.

A Flurry

We had a flurry of snow and were lucky enough to see it before it melted a few minutes later. So here is the 'snow' by the snowdrops.
It really was just a brief flurry.

We started to dig the veggie beds.
The pink bucket is full of the couch grass that has the most amazing long spidery roots that spread in all directions for up to 3 feet. If you break a tiny piece off and a new plant begins.

Lovely Garden

Plums

Visit to the Lavender Fields

Took a drive to the Norfolk Lavender Fields. 
The acres of fields I was hoping to see were, sadly, no to be seen. 
However, there was a great display of many and varied types of lavender.
As you can see by the slightly different shades of lavender.

The butterflies loved it too!