February 4th – Another click, and the seasonal mechanism advances a notch. On the canal bank at Walsall Wood, hazel catkins, one of the first signs of spring… Then, near Clayhanger Bridge in the undergrowth, daffodils are growing and starting to form buds.
Jack-in-the-green has tapped his cane on the ground and told the plants it’s time to grow. More power to him!

