Weeding the Web

Presents for Gardeners: a personal cartoon

Some of you may have noticed the odd reference at the end of last week's post on gardening Christmas cards - a reminder to myself that I forgot (hah!) to remove (and no, it's not there any more). In a troll for suitable festive designs I'd come across Hoe Hoe Hoe by Martin Rolfe, which he designed to raise money for Thrive last year. It's a shame it's no longer available.

All is not lost, though, if you like Martin's work. as over at Martin's Online Sketch Book (where you can see lots of his watercolours), he's offering to create a cartoon to your brief for the astonishingly good value of £5. So, something of Husband wrapping his banana, perhaps? (That's banana plant. For winter. Honestly, some people!) Now, wouldn't that make a lovely, personal Christmas present? 

Still flowering, frost notwithstanding: Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day

Never fails to amaze me that roses bloom at times other than summer, but getting out to photograph what's there for Garden Bloggers' Blooms Day is a great way to get to know the garden at a time of year when we're usually just passing through.

Meanwhile the hebe just won't give up, which is good for the odd bumble bee taking advantage of the warm sunshine yesterday.