Its been a cold raw day but this morning we did have a bit of sunshine. I spent a wee bit of time clearing the back of the Magic Garden and creating a hole under the new fence for when the hedgehogs are up & around again. Ben was happy enough to be out with me & took up residence between a wee blackcurrant bush that has never got going and the ivy on the fence. I put some ferns between the bush and the arbour seat and these have grown scruffily to fill the space.

I am wondering now what the next bit of damage will be in the Magic Garden with another pair of storms due in the next few days. The yew tree was blown out of its pot with the last lot of wind & I discovered it was in fact 4 plants bound together. I have separated them out & having potted up 3 with the 4th into the north corner of the Magic Garden. Yew is of course an important symbolic plant for the Magic Garden, representing both death and resurrection, immortality and rebirth. It is poisonous although it used be used to treat worms and diphtheria.

The bird feeder are swinging around madly at the moment in the wind so I have been very impressed by the abilities of the birds to cling on to them. I love the long-tailed tits which are little bundles of noisy fun as they pelt through the garden