Today's bulb planting

This morning we met to plant our bulbs around Pudsey. We planted mixed narcissus in Pudsey Park and on Longfield Road; these will flower every Spring for many years to come. It was very cold and very wet but we still managed to get loads into the ground, several large bags full in fact! We had a cart full of bulbs and bedding to do but we were feeling positive! It was slightly difficult to dig in the park because the soil was full of roots from the trees, as well as a few large stones and bricks, but at least all the rain had softened the ground.

Not an invasion of moles; these are all the holes ready to be filled with daffodils. We put 4 or 5 bulbs in each and replaced the grass; it was all nice and green again by the time we'd finished. Early next year there will be a natural-looking drift of flowers here.

We filled some of the containers around Pudsey centre with bulbs and bedding plants, all in shades of blue, yellow and white. These should look good all winter and be at their peak in Spring when the Yorkshire in Bloom judges first visit the town.

We also planted up the old tripe baths outside the leisure centre. They are an unusual feature in Pudsey, and hopefully a very colourful one now they are full of polyanthus, pansies and bellis.

After 2 hours we'd got lots done and hardly moaned about the cold at all. Now we just have to wait for our bulbs to come up and plan all our projects for Spring.