Norfolk: The day started (around 7am) with a temperature of about 10° in the shade. Very promising. And it got so much better!
The last few sunny days have been so good for morale - I've cut lawns, washed and dried 100+ of last years pots that have been soaking for months (yuk!) in a huge flexy bucket. They are so clean now you could eat out of them (I won't but you could!)
Today has certainly been the best day of the year so far - beautifully warm and sunny. Loads of plants coming through now and with colour at last to lift the spirits I got such a lot done: cutting back, pruning, tidying and sweeping - I feel so virtuous don't know myself!
Still bright sunny days & cold nights here in the Midlands.
Marvellous what a few consecutive days of dry weather can do....a few weeks ago Cheltenham race course was flooded. Now (according to today's news) course officials say it it's in better condition than ever.......in fact, they may have to water it.
We are having a sunny bright spell in north Cornwall. The warm weather has given the purple sprouting a boost.Will have a picking at the weekend it time for a Sunday roast.Yummy home grown veggies..
Spring flowers are looking very colourful.I even have a dwarf tulip in flower.
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I had my first ice cream of the year too, Verdun.
Local beauty spots were bulging at the seams........get back to work you idle riff raff!
Nah....the pilgrims haven't arrived here yet!
Wasn't too bad actually, being locally made.
18C in the shade in our back garden today
But no icecream
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Bet there was cake!
Norfolk: The day started (around 7am) with a temperature of about 10° in the shade. Very promising. And it got so much better!
The last few sunny days have been so good for morale - I've cut lawns, washed and dried 100+ of last years pots that have been soaking for months (yuk!
) in a huge flexy bucket. They are so clean now you could eat out of them (I won't but you could!
)
Today has certainly been the best day of the year so far - beautifully warm and sunny. Loads of plants coming through now and with colour at last to lift the spirits I got such a lot done: cutting back, pruning, tidying and sweeping - I feel so virtuous don't know myself!
Still bright sunny days & cold nights here in the Midlands.
Marvellous what a few consecutive days of dry weather can do....a few weeks ago Cheltenham race course was flooded. Now (according to today's news) course officials say it it's in better condition than ever.......in fact, they may have to water it.
We are having a sunny bright spell in north Cornwall. The warm weather has given the purple sprouting a boost.Will have a picking at the weekend it time for a Sunday roast.Yummy home grown veggies..
Spring flowers are looking very colourful.I even have a dwarf tulip in flower.
Intermittent sun & cloud in the Midlands this morning and (dare I say it) needed rain forecast for this afternoon.