Spring and a lot of the world seems to have gone seriously Pete Tong (wrong)! Yesterday there was a blizzard. Gigantic fat flakes of white that just got warm enough to melt a little and coat the whole garden in water, before the night time temperature crashed and everything was encased in ice.
The buds of the vine are destroyed, my peonies are mush, the hydrangea is dead to half its height , the wonderful flush of apple blossom is crisped and brown and my loves lies bleeding is collapsed and white.
And that is just the garden.
Don’t get me started on the rest of the world !!!
Cathy's real country garden 
Goodness how sad. It’s been chilly here but thankfully no frosts. We could do with some rain, but definitely not weather like that!
Your last sentence has me nodding in total agreement. xx
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It seems to be drier than usual all over Europe this winter. The snow actually produced very little moisture, but killed a lot of buds. Fingers crossed they will come again!
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Poor you, Cathy! That sounds devastating. But chin up, what. Nature is still pretty resilient and so are you. Best love, Tony
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The photo is from the winter, but it did briefly look almost like that! Many things have survived, but I think the cold blast is coming your way too unfortunately.
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Everything DOES seem topsy-turvy. I feel your pain and frustration. But nature IS resilient, and all we can hope is that it will survive, despite of us and our actions.
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Oh, I am so sorry. We also had a late cold snap that damaged and killed fragile emerging blooms. It’s heartbreaking.
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That’s so sad, I fear we have lost plums and quince because of the freezing nights. The tomatoes I planted out last week are shrouded in fleece but will certainly be stunted by the cold.
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The apple blossom here was astonishing this year and now it is crisped and brown. Such is nature I guess!
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