Against the odds

This time of year again...

A couple of weeks ago I told the site manager that I was looking forward to daffodils in the garden again. He asked me where they were and I pointed to the hefty site-boarding below his boots. 'Under there - they'll be back next year.' He looked completely incredulous but I am confident that at least some of my bulbs will survive the bashing they've had over the last eight months. Where there is any chance of them emerging this year they are doing their damnedest.