WHAT A LOVELY SURPRISE!

Lots looking promising there :o)))

so lovely to see new growth...i`d better have a look in my garden tomorrow if it`s not raining!

how incredible is that? i bet they made you smile!

Hoping to see more new growth in mine tomorrow too.
It is so encouraging isnt it.

i shall have to go out and look at mine now ~ with a torch??

Thanks everyone for your comments. Yes it was lovely to see those new shoots , especially this early. Just hope we don't have any more frosts that will kill them off again. Dont forget to keep us all informed ST if you find any new shoots .........in your torchlight!!!

Love to hear if you find any on yours Tt, Elsie and SB.

Woohoo! Amazing . . . very encouraging. :)

before i go out with the torch please can anyone tell me ~ is gardeners world on tonight? i cant find it

Friday. 7th Jan. 2011 ...
Carol Klein. 8.30 pm ~ 9 pm.. BBC 2 :o)
Life in a Cottage Garden... new series..

Cant see it in tv book ST, only Life In The Cottage Garden at 8.30 on BBC2 (its a new programme by the looks of it, it says NEW underneath it.

new six-part series.. :o)

i think i will watch that ~ thank-you!
NEWS FLASH
the back garden at the home of stickitoffee has life in it!!! despite building sand, planks of wood, a cement mixer, very large footprints and huge piles of fallen leaves there are many many bulbs coming up, buds on the azalea and catkins on the twisted hazel!!! made my day!!!

looks very good indeed - what's your secret????

Spring is on the way :o) Surprising how things are growing back so soon after all that bad weather.

Good news Hywel - it said to be mild for a while too

oooooooooooo have tooo go look at mine now.....................

Hurrah Sticki. :))

after that i sat down to watch the cottage garden programme ~ and guess what? sister in law rings up and talks ............and talks.................and talks!
i had to watch the pictures without sound! but it looked interesting, can imagine carol klein on here!

Perhaps you could view it, with sound, on BBCiPlayer, Sticki? I enjoyed it, despite the coughing from OH in the background. : o (((

Just goes to show Lin...despite sticking your nose out of the door and getting frostbite....it is getting warmer ha ha ha Lol

Yes I too have new shoots on my Hydrangeas, but I think I ve lost one a rare one too. Its lovely they ve come through all that cold for you Lin.

Thanks everyone for your looking at my pics of new shoots on my hydrangeas, and so pleased some of you have also discovered yours are shooting too. Hooray, Spring is on the way ...........WE hope !!!!!

LOl Lin ;O)))

it's always good when things start to show growth, never ceases to give me that feel-good factor.

Yes I agree Bampy, even more so when we have had the sort of winter we've had this year, and you're wondering what will survive and what wont.