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are also on the rebound after the snow damage and I can see tight curled buds on the currant bushes. We're a bit pressed for time at the moment, and I just know the place will be a sea of weeds if we're not careful, and then we'll get a ticking off from

. Such is the persistence of this pernicious weed that I could never, however, feel safe from it. This triffid is widespread in southern London and despite Railtrack's best efforts, it still lines some of the railway embankments from Peckham towards Victoria. One of my

there is not much life in it. In summer the weed is alive with all sorts of wriggling larvae, nymphs and maggots, but now they have mostly descended into the ooze below.By Saturday it was all but empty when two frogs started splashing about in the murky dregs

't look too unruly or unkempt.The rhubarb is just about breaking the surface, and the beds I recently dug over are not overrun with weeds. So I can spend a gentle couple of hours doing a little bit of pottering, and afterwards feel smug that things