Spring is a funny old bean. We had high temperatures at the end of March, followed by a cold snap with snow and a few days of miserable rain. Well ok, the rain is forgiven as they're expected "April showers".
The frogs had a right old time in our tiny puddle and while the first batch of spawn wasn't too impressive, several days later a massive batch appeared. Unfortunately it seemed to be filled with silt from the bottom of the pond and after a little research, we took the decision to remove the large frogspawn clump and keep an eye on it in a bucket.
Well both batches seem to be progressing nicely with the black dots now wee black commas so we took the decision to return the bucket load back to the pond.
There's still a bit of cloudiness in the big batch but it's much clearer after its little holiday in a bucket.
The wisteria has so many buds!
It's shaping up to be a spectacular Hanami this year with all our cherries poised ready to explore into blossom
