It's certainly cold here in the Southern Riverina, even though most parts of NSW have experienced temperatures well above average this past week we certainly have not. Plenty of snow on the nearby mountains and the Murray River is full and flooding.

So have you been out digging? - if its not too wet at your place. Last weekend I planted some bare root trees. 15 Manchurian Pear, these trees make a great show in Spring as they burst into flower, most should be flowering now and would be full of bees. The holes I dug for these trees were say just over a foot deep and it was wet all the way down! some holes begun filling with water, this is a very good start for all our gardens.

If you haven't been out digging - get out there! dig. Turn over your empty vegetable beds or remove some of the old soil if planting in tubs / barrels. Use a hand scarifier to loosen the top 2 cm of earth underneath perrenials, trees and around flowers, weed, prune where neccesary because very very soon, the sun will be out far more often, it will be warmer and everything will again be growing.

In the mean time we're very busy growing everything you need this spring for your flower and vegetable garden, our greenhouses are warm and filling fast.