Chelmer's Floral Nature Notes

I'll take a break shortly, but at the moment I feel I'm on a bit of a roll, so here's another nature note which I'm sharing with Tommy, the Bears Unlimited gardening bear. Sorry you've had to wait for this post; some of the chaps joined me on a mini adventure last week, which put things on hold for a few days, news of this adventure coming soon.

As I write this post, it's pouring with rain outside and it hasn't stopped raining all weekend. It feels decidedly unspring-like, but a couple of weeks ago it looked a little more promising, and, on a dry and snow free day, Tommy and I wandered outside to look at the first flowers of the year.


First stop was at one of my all time favourites, the cheery yellow aconites. They are so apecial to me and Tommy, as they appear just about first of all, and we are always amazed that the rain, snow and cold don't put them off appearing to lift our spirits. We also love their choirboy ruff collars and never fail to delight at nature's use of complementary colours.

After admiring the aconites, we moved on to admire another winter garden classic: the snowdrops. These have spread well around the garden and there are now clumps thriving in lots of places, including the lawn.


We don't mind them growing in the lawn though as they're such lovely flowers. In fact, given the current state of the lawn, which is more mud than grass after all the terrible weather, they're the best bit of our current back lawn.

We're sure Tommy will work wonders with it once a dry spell comes, along with some sunshine.

Lots of love Chelmer & Tommy xxx