Despite the cool snap today, spring is well and truly underway.

A few weeks ago, I pruned an old wisteria plant right back. In fact the original plant had died and all the life was in a part that had shot up separately from the roots. I was hoping that I hadn't done too much damage, and today I was pleased to discover shoots coming from the stump.

I love the smell of jasmine in spring. It evokes lots of positive childhood memories

You wouldn't believe the hassle I had with that photo! For some reason it wouldn't load up to my.opera and then it was tricky getting the link to flickr working the way I wanted it.