Trying to recover from the frost damage

Its about a month since my last blog and the Gunnera has been quiet until this week when the warm sunny weather encouraged it to wake up after those heavy frosts and terrible rains. Here is what the gunnera looks like today.  Check the link at the bottom of the blog to see what it was like at this time last year.

This time last year? Click here 

Nearly a month since the last blog, its been quiet!

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Well its almost a month since the last Gunnera blog and the weather during those four weeks has been atrocious.  Wind, rain, floods, frost, and just a touch of sun. The Gunnera has suffered badly and early growth has turned black and has been stopped in its tracks.  Today though we can see new shoots. Hoorah!

And gorgeous weather again today

But the frost and snow has taken its toll on tender shoots which have been blackened ...

Summer then Winter within a week

Springing up !

The ducks enjoyed a lovely lunch of frog spawn.  Now its all gone.

The Great Uncovering

Pushing through and ready to be uncovered