Our first snowdrop appeared just around the New Year and it's been in bloom for the past few days
But what has impressed this winter has been - the garlic!
We bought a giant garlic bulb from a garden centre in November, planted 10 individual cloves in two pots of 5 on the patio (and cooked the rest ). All 10 cloves have sprouted and are now 3" tall and growing fast. Hopefully we might well have 10 full-bodied home-grown garlic bulbs come next May ....