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Incoming Frost

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    White roofs and lawns here too in Norfolk ❄️ 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited March 2022
    Very similar here @TheGreenMan [last night] but was followed by a hefty frost and ice. Nothing compared to what we often get at this time of year though. The ice is more of a problem for the plants than the tiny wee sprinkle of snow.  :)
    Your plants shouldn't even notice that @JessicaS.

    It shouldn't technically have got this far west, but that's weather for you  ;)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Just had a complete whiteout for five minutes … but the sun’s shining now …

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Chris-P-BaconChris-P-Bacon Posts: 943
    Blue sky's, dry & sunny in Sth Lancs. Only a comparatively mild frost last night. 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    We've a similar dusting of snow here too, and a few flurries still coming. It won't last long, but it's not unusual for March/April.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • WelshwindyhillsWelshwindyhills Posts: 58
    I’ve been busy dividing perennials eg Canterbury bells, phlox etc and there is a small amount of tender green growth on each division.  I’ll be !!??!!!  to lose them (well below freezing last night) so I popped upturned jam jars over them all (about 30 in total) and so far so good.  I also fleece bagged my fuchsias and hydrangeas too having lost new shoots in previous years.  I even covered the pond with an old duvet cover to protect the fish as I once lost the lot as the temp had risen then fallen sharply.  Mad I know, but at least I can sleep at night knowing everything will be safe. 
  • Penny_ForthemPenny_Forthem Posts: 455
    Our new solar cooker arrived yesterday and was wrapped in the lightest of protective wrap. It was just the perfect size for draping over the most tender plants in the greenhouse (which got to minus 2), so my husband was definitely NOT allowed to burst each 'sausage' of air! The plants in the heated trays fared well, too.
    Beautiful North Wales - hiraeth
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    Frost is normal at this time of year.
    I don't plant anything that can't handle my local conditions, unless i take a chance on something borderline, and accept it if it goes toes up.
    Sunny Dundee
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Fantastic @Penny_Forthem , waste not want not!
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    pansyface said:
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    Now I just pray to whatever god might be up there. It’s about as much use.
    Not much use to pray that God up there re the weather, his/her name might be Ford* or, even worse, Frost. :disappointed:

    * as in Brave New World
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