Peter Dowdall: Get stuck into gardening tasks right now

'Blue skies and low temperatures are nature's way of telling us not to hang about — it's too cold to sit outside and do nothing'

More ivory in colour than yellow, Camellia Brushfields Yellow is one of the earlier camellias to flower in the spring and is stealing the show in my new garden. Picture: iStock

We've had some beautiful blue-sky hours, if not days, in the garden recently. It lifts the spirits to see such light in the sky but unless standing in direct sunlight it hasn’t been warm. It's nature’s way of telling us not to hang about — making sure its just that bit too cold to sit down outside and do nothing. 

However, get stuck into some gardening tasks and you won’t be long warming up, again nature reminding us that there is lots to be done, providing us with the blue skies, low temperatures and plenty of jobs!