January - some great ideas to cheer up your garden this winter
- Don't take the Christmas fairy lights down! Maybe re-arrange them and call them festoon lights but leave them up to provide a little bit of magic in the garden throughout the year.
- If you don't have any outside fairy lights, sorry, 'festoon' lights - the DIY shops sell them off incredibly cheaply at this time of year.
- Pick up some primulas while you're there to brighten a window sill. You can just slot them into small terracotta pots (you don't really need to take them out of their little plastic pots) and they look great.
- It's the best time of year to see the bare bones of your garden - do you need to re-think the design? Someone once said to me - If you can get a garden to look good in January you're onto a winner for the rest of the year!
- If you do decide to change the garden, it's a great excuse to sit inside, stay warm, read books and dream of what you can do when the weather gets a little kinder.
posted on January 1, 2008 by Caroline Tilston
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