A case of bad timing

Now that I have finished the spring cleaning I am looking forward to starting in the garden. This was something I wanted to get started this week, but after seeing the weather forecast up to Friday, I don't hold out much hope of anything being done before Easter. We are due to get rain and it seems, quite a lot of it too.
As we have had some fairly good weather over the last two weeks, together with milder temperatures, everything has suddenly got the message that spring is finally here and so the plants have come on in leaps and bounds. There are signs of new green leaves everywhere and the spring flowering plants and bulbs all seem to be opening at the same time. Usually when the daffodils and tulips open, we get fairly strong winds that flatten them down and spoil the display so hopefully, the rain won't do that too.
A short time before Christmas, I bought an evergreen honeysuckle to plant in the garden but left it outside the back door in the large pot that it came in because the weather wasn't very good. As plants don't grow too much during the winter, I knew that this would not be a problem. I have kept it watered over the last few weeks but in just about five days, it has put out several very healthy shoots and really does need to be planted in the ground as soon as possible. I have a feeling that I will be out doing that between showers this week!