This is the journal of my endeavours to grow a range of fruit, veg and flowers from seed, grow organically, and my attempts to create a personal paradise with 1/2 acre of maintained gardens and 1/2 acre wild meadows. Northern Ireland's average daily high temperatures are 18 °C (64 °F) in July and 6 °C (43 °F) in January. Soil type: Clay

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Spring is in the Air!

It's less than 2 weeks to the official 'First Day of Spring' on 20th March. Already I'm noticing extended daylight, milder weather and loads of new growth emerging (especially on perennials). It's a busy time of year and the freshness of Spring is a great energizer!

Below are photos from Belfast Botanic Garden's Palm House. Some amazing colour and the smell of hyacinth in the glass house is amazing!
The above photo shows the Palm House - an amazing building. Photo taken Dec 2010. (Not much snow for Northern Ireland this year - I think England and Scotland is getting it all!) The Palm House is Victorian, made of curved iron and glass. The build started in 1839 and the dome was added in 1852.

Blogger Problem Update - I've had numerous problems with my blog ranging from not being able to add photos to not being able to edit blog text. All of these problems are hopefully resolved. The problem seemed to be that I had selected 'New' Blogger however there are several different aspects of New Blogger (template, editing, etc), I was still on 'Old' Blogger for editing and this wasn't compatible. Something like that. I still think blogger should have left things alone.  

Happy soon to be Spring!
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11 comments:

  1. Dusty River Gardens8 March 2012 at 12:20

    Incredible wow I could spend all day in the palm house that is just to cool. Love the pictures of spring also thanks...

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  2. Egretta Wells blog8 March 2012 at 13:21

    Hi Kelli, what beautiful photos of all the flowers at The Palm House.
    I posted about the fragrance of hyacinths, too, today! I had to look at those flowers twice, they were so lovely!
    I'm glad you got the new blogging sorted.

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  3. HolleyGarden8 March 2012 at 15:49

    Beautiful flowers! What a wonderful display. Sorry to hear about Blogger problems. I hate it when the "new" versions are worse than the "old"!

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  4. Malar8 March 2012 at 21:16

    Palm house must be beautiful place to visit! So many pretty flowers!

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  5. Mark Willis8 March 2012 at 23:24

    Oh Kelli, I thought at first those flowers were in YOUR garden! However, it's nice to share a bit of someone else's too.
    I still have problems leaving comments on some blogs - haven't yet seen what the difference is, but probably connected in some way with the word-verification.

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  6. elaine 9 March 2012 at 00:07

    Lovely to see all the spring flowers out at the same time instead of piece meal like my garden.

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  7. Sue Garrett9 March 2012 at 01:18

    I was like Mark I looked at the first photos and thought how come she has cinererias out in her garden now?

    No snow here really either - and I do agree with you about Blogger why change something that is working how people want it to. I guess it's the geeks who work there.

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  8. Jo9 March 2012 at 04:59

    Lovely photos. I'm so pleased that spring is on it's way, though we've had a very mild winter really, it could have been worse.

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  9. Crystal9 March 2012 at 13:04

    I too thought you'd got an amazing greenhouse in your garden, but a Palm House to visit is equally rewarding.

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  10. Rainy Day Gardener10 March 2012 at 09:10

    Kelli, thanks for sharing the photo of the palm house. What a spectacular structure! I felt so cheerful looking at all of your lovely spring bloom pics. Delightful color :) Cheers, Jenni

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  11. RobinL10 March 2012 at 17:35

    Swoon! What a beautiful place Kelli, how lucky you are to have it near you. Such color! Gorgeous!

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