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We’ve had our fair share of the snow here in Bath. I spent Monday moving pots around in near blizzard conditions at the garden where I work as Head Gardener. I had snowflakes settling on every ripple and fold of my clothes – even on my eyelashes

Along with the sap rising, the birds cavorting and my enthusiasm surging, the weeds are growing with a vengeance. This February has been a month of weeding on my allotment and - I'm delighted to say - the plot has never looked this good so early

The temperatures might have dropped a bit this week, but that doesn't seem to have slowed down the onset of spring. We have a pair of blue tits setting up home in one of our bird boxes in the garden and the frogs are having a high old time

, with fewer bugs to munch, will work harder to rid my plot of those 'nasties' that are left.I'm positively gleeful thinking how much damage this weather is doing to the UK pest population. This might seem morbid, but I've been a gardener for 20 years. I

It feels like spring is on its way down here in the balmy southern slopes of Bath. The daffodils are in full bud, the birds are twittering away and there are more than a few dozy bumble bees blundering about. It's bound to go horribly wrong

do have a girlie passion for butterflies - even the cabbage whites are lovely to see fluttering about the garden.There are organic sprays available and also a biological control, which I really must try next year. My current method of control