In which the ex-strawberry patch is cleared.

I thought today when I got up to an enormous hailstorm followed by snow that our plans to attack the garden were foiled. But the clouds rolled away and by 10am it was one of those brilliant blue-sky winter days all full of birdsong.   Also, once I really started looking, a lot of the snowdrops are starting to show, they just are fairly small yet and seeming a bit shy.

( Cut for gardening )