Just like Venn diagrams, there are different overlaps for different places and different times. Diversity is interesting, but there is a place for focus. Let's keep it simple wherever possible.
Diversity is more than interesting - it is essential. Without it there can be no increase in all of our knowledge! Who is to say that where I am, and my world (or garden) view is any more relevant than someone else's? I love hearing from others in different parts of the world. Many of my plants, here in sunny Suffolk have turned to mush with the recent cold snap but I'm hoping my light sandy soil will be a help. I will see in a couple of months whether they have survived. But I'd love to know how the arctic temperatures currently afflicting so much of the US will affect their plants.
I agree @didyw ... if I only want to know how folk with similar soil/weather/plants/experience to me are coping I'll ask my neighbours. However, variety is the spice of life and over the years I've learned so much more from broadening my horizons .... 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I don't think we lost much everything here has been much colder in the last couple of years (-18 compaired to the -10 we just had) but I forgot to bring my tarragon in so that might be gone. and the purple sprouting broccoli looks dead, all the leaves are gone, will have to see if it comes back from the stalks.
As is often the case, threads veer off in various directions and end up somewhere completely different from the original subject. If you only want a specific question answered with strict criteria to be met, then possibly you should highlight them in bold print. I know you said in your original post "British Isle members only", but as is the case in real life it doesn't always work out the way you would like it to. Personally l would just ignore any posts from overseas posters if you're not interested.
Obviously by starting the thread, you can ask any question you like, but if t is discriminatory, or otherwise rude, you will attract criticism. Many posters on here find you rude, if you want to play an active role on the forum, it plays to be a team player.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
I often find that posts and messages by email or whatever sound very blunt when they aren’t meant to be. Maybe it’s because we can’t hear the inflection in the voice . However ,I think I have lost many of my plants due to the cold weather here in my part of Bucks ,even the roses look very iffy and despite being covered by fleece , my camellias are very sad ,the buds which were big and * juicy* are black and dry . Its all very sad ,but I will wait and see what Springtime brings back to life .
An early cold spell when lots of things are still going strong somehow seems worse than one that comes later when most things have already pretty much ground to a halt, but perhaps that's because the immediate impact is much more apparent. We'll see what spring brings in terms of longer-term damage.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I'm using the weather to find plants that seem happy inbetween the two extremes we seemed to face this year. I know it can get colder and eventually may be hotter but if they survive a 50c swing in temperatures, there's a good chance they can adapt quite well.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
If you only want a specific question answered with strict criteria to be met, then possibly you should highlight them in bold print.
I know you said in your original post "British Isle members only", but as is the case in real life it doesn't always work out the way you would like it to. Personally l would just ignore any posts from overseas posters if you're not interested.
Many posters on here find you rude, if you want to play an active role on the forum, it plays to be a team player.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
However ,I think I have lost many of my plants due to the cold weather here in my part of Bucks ,even the roses look very iffy and despite being covered by fleece , my camellias are very sad ,the buds which were big and * juicy* are black and dry .
Its all very sad ,but I will wait and see what Springtime brings back to life .