We still haven’t ventured out the back to do any work even though there’s a lot to do and the weather weren’t that bad yesterday. The couple of cardoons we got from Shannon’s a while back, flowered last year and then died down and we thought that was the end of that. Then in November the plant came back to life and here it is at the moment (above). We’ll be popping back to Shannon’s soon to get a couple more cardoons as they are great stuff. We hope in the next couple of weeks as well to spend some time tidying the garden up for spring as it’s looking a bit messy. And the Dahlias haven’t even been taken out yet!

And to start the new year off on the downbeat tip here’s a nice mellow number from Davin Plashin with Norkav, it may only be 2 minutes and 22 seconds but it’s chilled and infectious!

And the next, a lovely bit of electronica from L.Porche with Saint Gingolph. Who says the new year is dead when it comes to music and the garden?