on walking in the garden

There is evidence of heavy frosts,  in fact a friend told me that the

temperature dropped to 7c which is almost unheard of here in the south.

The jasmine and arum lilies have suffered, but there are signs of spring.

The fig tree is in bud, and catkins are hanging from the hazel tree.

Tiny peeps of yellow on the daffodil flowers, violets in bud, and

clumps of snowdrops nodding in the cold winter breeze.

So now I am thinking of the emerging vegetable plot and the

ordering of seeds.   On my list will be Japanese Indigo.   A few

years ago I planted indigo and had great success.  Failed 

miserably over the past year or two, and then discovered fresh 

seeds are best.

my first indigo plants

the vat

the indigo leaves were stripped and mashed

and to my surprise it worked

blue

that was a huge learning curve, not so much information

about then.   So gathering notes and research I am

really looking forward to the indigo harvest

in the late summer