This morning I received our invitation from the NGS to a "bit of a do" which is held at the County Organizers home in March.  Here the garden owners get together for drinks and nibbles, collect paperwork, see presentations which are made to gardeners and generally catch up.  After the summer we had last year I know that some gardens opened in such terrible weather that not one person turned out to see them.  All that work and all that worry and then to be totally rained off, it makes me realise how lucky we were, however this letter is a wake up call that time is moving on at a pace and we have just six months to go.  Now I know that six months may appear to be a long time but with the list of things we want to complete by then it is not long at all. It is yet time to panic I ask myself.