The day has been sunny with some cloud, but very windy, here in Sheffield. Nearly blown off my feet on the top of Concord Park walking the dog. Not realy seed sowing wheather outside that is.
Sunny but rather windy here in Manchester today.Washing drying well.
We didnt get the cold night last night, that was forecast, after all. Still have fleece handy for the coldframes if nec.
My toms are still inside on various sills. Never risk them in my unheated greenhouse until late May, unless they just get too big for inside. That reminds me I need an organic growbag for the compost......tumblers in pots on the staging & ring culture for the others in the bed. J.
Gale force winds here with dark clouds for most of the day. I bit the bullet and planted 5 tom plants in the GH bed with 3 more in large pots, I've plenty in reserve so if we get a frost it won't be the end of the world.
French/runner beans are coming up too, some with their roots first! They don't seem to mind being turned round though must remember to plant them deeper next time.
What a beautiful day it has been in Essex and I am shattered! Cut the grass and did all the edges - boy am I going to suffer over the next few days but I have been itching for the rain to stop and to get out and get on with things.
Better sunshine today than we've had for ages - managed to cut some of the grass but only did about half before I had to stop, as the mower started making an odd noise - think it's developed an oil leak. Oh well. Luckily I'd left the mossy areas of the lawn til last, and of course it hasn't been done now.............
Farmer's contractors have just finished cutting the field at the back for sileage - two ginormous tractors each cutting three swathes at once, at great speed. Never seen them like that before. However, no sooner had they finished - and it only seemed to take about 20 mins to do approx 5 acres - the sky turned black-ish and it's started to thunder - some raindrops too. Typical.
Just what is it about cutting grass that makes the rain start?
Wet this morning in South Bucks, but lovely sunny late afternoon and evening. Allotment soil is lovely and workable - being on the first gently sloping hillside in the Chilterns drainage is superb. Planted Celery and Celeriac - tomorrow pots of Pencilpod Black Wax French beans to go out - weather still permitting!
The wind has died down, I fully expected to have panels missing this morning. The toms survived their first night in the GH but there's a definate chill in the air this evening so watch this space, who said gardening wasn't stressful.
Hello HCF "just what is it about cutting grass that makes it start to rain" I do not have the answer but "Cicero" would have had a quote for it, he had for most everything else. Teesside sunny my side of the Styx do not know what was going on "Rains" side as you could only see a couple of miles, it was misty her side. Very cold on the eastern side of the house warm round the back so had the greenhouse open and got the clothes dry. Our fields are full of Rape, they get that over and then get another crop in, some of those fields were flooded last week though it has not knocked the growth back. Hay making in my time was a great time, cutting spreading turning then raking it up to load on the cart then stack, all labour intensive now it is a couple of machines and a grass drier. The Blackthorn is finished flowering but we have May flower and Elderberry along the many hedgerows, the canopy in the woods is now thickening with the wild garlic and Celandine in flower, blue bells are also in flower, it will all vanish as the trees get into full leaf. I guess spring has sprung at last up here.
Sunny and breezy here; quite chilly but a lovely "drying" day, which we sorely need after the deluge.
I took a day off yesterday from the garden, having done so much at the weekend. But this is a sort of "doing" day, so hope to clear a few more weeds and continue sorting out the plants that are being hardened off. I'm not brave enough to put them out yet, even though it's unlikely that we'll have a frost as such, but the wind is too cold for my tender things.
And, Frank, perhaps Cicero's "Quod di omen avertant" (May the gods avert the omen) fits the bill?
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The day has been sunny with some cloud, but very windy, here in Sheffield. Nearly blown off my feet on the top of Concord Park walking the dog. Not realy seed sowing wheather outside that is.
Sunny but rather windy here in Manchester today.Washing drying well.
We didnt get the cold night last night, that was forecast, after all. Still have fleece handy for the coldframes if nec.
My toms are still inside on various sills. Never risk them in my unheated greenhouse until late May, unless they just get too big for inside. That reminds me I need an organic growbag for the compost......tumblers in pots on the staging & ring culture for the others in the bed. J.
Gale force winds here with dark clouds for most of the day. I bit the bullet and planted 5 tom plants in the GH bed with 3 more in large pots, I've plenty in reserve so if we get a frost it won't be the end of the world.
French/runner beans are coming up too, some with their roots first! They don't seem to mind being turned round though
must remember to plant them deeper next time.
What a beautiful day it has been in Essex and I am shattered! Cut the grass and did all the edges - boy am I going to suffer over the next few days but I have been itching for the rain to stop and to get out and get on with things.
Better sunshine today than we've had for ages - managed to cut some of the grass but only did about half before I had to stop, as the mower started making an odd noise - think it's developed an oil leak. Oh well. Luckily I'd left the mossy areas of the lawn til last, and of course it hasn't been done now.............
Farmer's contractors have just finished cutting the field at the back for sileage - two ginormous tractors each cutting three swathes at once, at great speed. Never seen them like that before. However, no sooner had they finished - and it only seemed to take about 20 mins to do approx 5 acres - the sky turned black-ish and it's started to thunder - some raindrops too. Typical.
Just what is it about cutting grass that makes the rain start?
Miserable, cold, windy and wetin Kent today. I have no more to say...its just too sad.
The wind has died down, I fully expected to have panels missing this morning. The toms survived their first night in the GH but there's a definate chill in the air this evening so watch this space, who said gardening wasn't stressful.
Hello HCF "just what is it about cutting grass that makes it start to rain"
I do not have the answer but "Cicero" would have had a quote for it, he had for most everything else.
Teesside sunny my side of the Styx do not know what was going on "Rains" side as you could only see a couple of miles, it was misty her side. Very cold on the eastern side of the house warm round the back so had the greenhouse open and got the clothes dry.
Our fields are full of Rape, they get that over and then get another crop in, some of those fields were flooded last week though it has not knocked the growth back.
Hay making in my time was a great time, cutting spreading turning then raking it up to load on the cart then stack, all labour intensive now it is a couple of machines and a grass drier. The Blackthorn is finished flowering but we have May flower and Elderberry along the many hedgerows, the canopy in the woods is now thickening with the wild garlic and Celandine in flower, blue bells are also in flower, it will all vanish as the trees get into full leaf.
I guess spring has sprung at last up here.
Frank.
Sunny and breezy here; quite chilly but a lovely "drying" day, which we sorely need after the deluge.
I took a day off yesterday from the garden, having done so much at the weekend. But this is a sort of "doing" day, so hope to clear a few more weeds and continue sorting out the plants that are being hardened off. I'm not brave enough to put them out yet, even though it's unlikely that we'll have a frost as such, but the wind is too cold for my tender things.
And, Frank, perhaps Cicero's "Quod di omen avertant" (May the gods avert the omen) fits the bill?