Today has been a lovely day with intermittent sunshine and very mild. I spent a chunk of the afternoon out in the Magic Garden with Ben in attendance. He was very enthusiastic about the wee catnip plants I interspaced with the cyclamen at the back of the garden and enjoyed a nap on the hedgehog house.

I also planted out Cynara cardunculus bare root plants and admired the amount of herbaceous perennials now pushing back up through - even the monkshood is showing signs of life. More daffodils are out and the crocus collections is lovely.