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Sat 02 Feb 2010Breaking the harsh spell of winter
After the recent freeze, the appearance of snowdrops is a welcome reassurance that spring is on its way, writes JANE POWERS
WE DON’T NORMALLY get much weather around where I live. I mean, yes, we get the rain and the wind, and the odd bout of sunshine. But because we are so near the sea, obvious dips and peaks of cold and heat don’t affect our garden in the way they do the gardens of my friends inland. For a few days last month, however, we did have weather: startling snowy and freezing stuff. Winter, instead of half-heartedly offering its usual limp embrace, held the garden in a bear hug for at least a week, and when it loosened its hold, it left a bit of a mess behind.
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