Garden Bears' World - A Visit to the Allotment

 Hello Everyone!  It's me, Endon Bear, with another Garden Bears' World episode for you. 

Actually, all the snow has gone (for now...) but it was so foggy and cold today that instead of sowing seeds in the greenhouse with Polar, we both decided to stay indoors.  Perhaps we can do our gardening on Sunday instead.

During the snowy weather, we called in to the allotment site on the way back from one of our walks.  Polar and Grizzly had to knock some snow off of the nets over the smaller broccoli plants but left it on the other beds as it does no harm.

I decided to check on the beans drying in the greenhouse and was thrilled to find that there were some more different-looking ones.  These were white with paler brown markings than the few we saved from the back garden.  I am looking forward to seeing what is inside all the others when we go back again.

Back in the garden, I have a new project to work on with Polar.  After Christmas, she took down the net curtains in the living room, as they were looking rather dull and dusty, so now we have a much better view of the front garden.  We want to plant some more things that are interesting to look at in winter in the bottom bed, but it is very shady and damp.  

Most of it is full of Astilbe and Japanese anemone, which disappear in the winter, although there are some snowdrops.  Polar and I want to find some small evergreen shrubs to give it some structure for the winter, and plant some nice bright Cornus further up the garden, where they will get some sunshine.  We might put a bird feeder in the front too.  

The bird feeders in the back garden have been very busy, with daily visits from loads of sparrows, blue tits, goldfinches, starlings, blackbirds and wood pigeons, and we often see a coal tit, great tits, a wren and a pair of chaffinches.

The little robin is getting quite tame and gets very close when Polar or Grizzly is working in the garden.

You can see where the pigeons have been running about in the snow!

There are even some flowers open!  This is the Witch-hazel (Hamamellis x intermedia) which has lots of flowers this year.  I'm going to go into the garden again soon, now the snow has gone, to see what other flowers I can find, and I'll share my discoveries with you in the next Garden Bears' World!