Bulgarian Village Garden

- Cherry blossom dropping - Pear blossom out - Rest of tulips out - Lilac out - Weeded & dug over down to J6 drip-pipe 3 barnside & half of drip-pipe 2 - Dug a bit more of herb garden.

- New birds (evening): Scops Owl & Nightingale - Drying balm - Buzzard circling village - Blossom:    - Peak cherry    - Pear starting    - Quince a way off yet - First four tulips out - Weeded & dug over junction of J6 - Weeded rest of herb garden (preserving balm)

- Blossom:    - Most finishing    - Cherry just starting    - Quince progressing but a way off yet - Tulips developing - Oregon Grape flowering - Primrose windowbox a failure - Finished alpine step - Weeded back path - Dewilded border of Strawberry Steps/Herb Garden - Weeded & dug over herb garden: gap between J8 D-P3 & fence, house-side.

- Tulips done - Wild snowdrop anemones out - A little lilac - New growth on vines - Bought new (push) lawnmower - Broke new (push) lawnmower within 2 minutes - Emptied last year's peace lily, chives & basil into compost - Reconnected well pump - Swept top of yard - Ivy Geranium, Begonia & Aloe Vera back on terrace - Hand only triage weeding around path to compost bin  

- Tulips starting - Cherry blossom out - Peak dandelions - Peonies coming - Clump of balm in herb garden

- Birds: Common Cuckoo, House Martin, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Collared Dove - Winnipeg Tulip out - Forget-me-nots all over lawn - Tulips almost out - Cherry blossom almost out