Spring has sprung

At last the sun is shining, the frogs are croaking, the birds are singing, the bumble bees are buzzing and most importantly the soil is warming up allowing the plants to grow.  I shall now be panicking about getting everything done before going away for a month. We're off to Greece for the whole of May leaving the housesitters in charge. Unfortunately they're not into gardening! 
Blogger is giving me a hard time again today so can't label individual pics. If you look carefully you'll see a jay in the centre of the first two and our colourful laundry at the end!!
p.s. In case you're wondering, the props on the fence are essentials from last year when the fence blew down hours before our flight so emergency measures were taken using old lumps of wood and the washing line. Worked wonderfully well and still haven't got round to doing something more permanent!