Take note of this weather because when you’re snowed in, smashing ice in water butts and ponds, and then have rain from November to March, this will be a distant memory. Enjoy it while it lasts and live with the thought that we’ve all contributed to the moving Jet Stream, 😱😢🙄
Last year we had rain from July to April of this year and I blame that on folk saying "it's tooooooooooooooooo hot " after we had 4 nice days in June.
We had at least seven hot weeks 'cos I was strapped into that hot and sweaty Cyber-Goth boot for seven weeks and we had a lovely week in September down in Cornwall, so methinks your memory is getting a bit suspect @Hostafan1
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
OH and I are going to bring about a change in the weather ... we have located the air mattress ... it is now in the back garden ... we are going to sleep there tonight ... you will all owe us big time ....... but your water butts will be full
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Make sure you wear the mozzy cream then Dove! Anyone heard this: went to visit a friend today, she asked me, if you put a rose cutting in the ground how long would it be before it rooted, a couple of years, I said, no, she tells me, you dig a hole in a spud, push the end of the cutting into the hole, it will root in TWO WEEKS, she swears she has done this.
Nanny Beach - I've seen that gardening "tip" on Facebook. I haven't tried it, and am sceptical. But it could be worth at least trying? btw last year I tried a conventional rose propagation system - all the cuttings died. Just because I could - I tried a couple of heel cuttings. One of them has taken and is looking healthy and vigorous in spite of this heat!
We had at least seven hot weeks 'cos I was strapped into that hot and sweaty Cyber-Goth boot for seven weeks and we had a lovely week in September down in Cornwall, so methinks your memory is getting a bit suspect @Hostafan1
Just going a bit geek here for a mo - can't help it, sorry - in Devon June, August and November were all about average rainfall last year, as was January this year. July, September and December last year and March and April this year were all wetter than average (and average in Devon is pretty wet). So from May last year until may this year, October and February are the only months that weren't wet or very wet.
You must have hit a lucky week Dove. My recollection is we kept getting one fine day then a week of rain.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We had at least seven hot weeks 'cos I was strapped into that hot and sweaty Cyber-Goth boot for seven weeks and we had a lovely week in September down in Cornwall, so methinks your memory is getting a bit suspect @Hostafan1
Just going a bit geek here for a mo - can't help it, sorry - in Devon June, August and November were all about average rainfall last year, as was January this year. July, September and December last year and March and April this year were all wetter than average (and average in Devon is pretty wet). So from May last year until may this year, October and February are the only months that weren't wet or very wet.
You must have hit a lucky week Dove. My recollection is we kept getting one fine day then a week of rain.
That's how i remember it too @raisingirl. You couldn't "plan" to cut the grass. If you had time, you had to go out walk about and see how wet it was and decide if it was worth an attempt. No chance of " Oh, I'm off next Monday, I'll cut the grass" On a plus note, I've saved a fortune on petrol as I'm not cutting the grass.
@Fire I really saw it and I was stone cold sober despite the fact that it was well after breakfast. I heard it pinging on the garden furniture. It didn't bounce in a hailsome way because the surfaces were hot
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
btw last year I tried a conventional rose propagation system - all the cuttings died. Just because I could - I tried a couple of heel cuttings. One of them has taken and is looking healthy and vigorous in spite of this heat!
You must have hit a lucky week Dove. My recollection is we kept getting one fine day then a week of rain.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
On a plus note, I've saved a fortune on petrol as I'm not cutting the grass.
I heard it pinging on the garden furniture. It didn't bounce in a hailsome way because the surfaces were hot