Snow.

Good luck getting the parsnips out of here...

We've been busy (as ever...) doing bits and bobs in the garden. We've now made a leaf mould area. Here's Joshua working hard on its creation:
This is one half of it, the basic idea being six posts (four so far in this picture) with mesh around the back and sides, and down the middle. (Mesh should allow the leafmould to breathe more easily...)
The next job was to set up a way of hiding the leaf mould area a little, so on the right hand side (nearer the house) we planted some dogwood:
I should perhaps point out that it wasn't snowing when we did this job. That would have been a little too keen.
And on the left (nearer the public footpath) I thought we'd have a go at planting some more roses:
This is after the success of one such rose attempt last year. I figured I'd combine the time to prune with a planting job. Hopefully some of these will take root and produce nice rose bushes in future. Speaking of which I should probably finish the pruning of the other roses, including the one we planted last year! Hopefully the snow won't cause the new plants any problems. They were all dipped in rooting juice (organic, rather than the powder). In fact, the dogwood sticks were left in overnight. Probably horribly bad for them, but we'll see...
Sadly, one mow of half the orchard was enough to fill one side of the leaf mould area. That wasn't exactly the plan, but we live and learn...