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Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.

It’s been another week with some dry and sunny days here in Berkshire, albeit still chilly overnight. The rain returned on Friday so the al fresco mid-morning coffee breaks have had to be paused temporarily. However, the turf laid in the autumn in our revamped front garden has had its first cut and I spotted a pair of robins who look like they’re setting up home in one of our hedges.

One – A clump of muscari (grape hyacinths) catching an early ray of sunlight.

Two – Blossom is already starting to appear on the damson tree. It produced a huge harvest last year.

Three – The by now obligatory pulmonaria.

Four – The red/orange flowers of Chaenomeles japonica (Japanese quince).

Five – A cute little viola flower hoping it won’t get nibbled like those lower down.

Six – I’m already dreaming of rhubarb crumble and custard. The variety is ‘Timperley Early’.

Do check out the posts of other participants by following the links in the comments section of Jim’s post. If you fancy taking part yourself but don’t know where to start, here’s the participant’s guide.

Six on Saturday is a weekly meme originally hosted by The Propagator but now in the tender care of Jim at Garden Ruminations.

What a difference a couple of days of sunshine makes, both to the garden and the gardener. My husband and I even had our mid-morning coffee break outside on Wednesday. Also the first sighting of a queen bumblebee looking for somewhere to establish a nest.

One – A clump of crocuses opening their faces to the sunshine

Two – Your weekly dose of pulmonaria, this time with flowers that are a lovely shade of blue/purple.

Three – More blue with a small clump of anenome blanda.

Four – Lovely yellow primrose but bearing the telltale signs the slimy ones are about.

Five – An area beneath a young field maple planted in very random fashion with miniature daffodils and crocus, some cyclamen, the odd primrose and tulips, plus a lot of self-seeded forget-me-nots. I also scattered some cornflower seeds back in the autumn but no sign of them yet.

Six – Shocking pink hyacinth that came as three bulbs crammed together in a pot. I shall try to replant them further apart once they’ve finished flowering with a bit more company.

Do check out the posts of other participants by following the links in the comments section of Jim’s post. If you fancy taking part yourself but don’t know where to start, here’s the participant’s guide.