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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I would say for what you have there, Winnie yes it would be a good thing. I have seen ice on the inside in some winters.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478

    Winniecat , inveiw of what you are putting in I would definatly insulant , also if it was a really bad winter you put some around the plants as well 

    the lowest tempeture I have recorded is -11 about 4 years go , I had some spuds growing in potatoes sacks for Christmas and they froze sold , complete mush when they defrostedimage

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    Morning all from rainy Norfolk,,, anyone have any info on the east (Norfolk ) side ,im 100 yards from the sea protected by a  mobile home park which kills a good bit of the Easterlies coming in,but i dont have any real knowledge of frost, last winter our first we had no frost but i need to know the usual frost conditions around here so i can decide weather  bubble or not is going to be required,??? maybe Dove might know as she is fairly close even though she,s a Towny Posh side of town of course imageimage all info appreciated .... 

  • ginagibbsginagibbs Posts: 756

    Alan, its always worth going to the trouble to insulate, you never know if the weather will turn frosty or not (we had none last year but I still took the precaution).  Even if we get no frost temperatures can still dip quite low. I keep a little paraffin heater on standby too.image

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    Bubble it is then am i talking of removal people for the bubble or net or shops ,iv only bought big loads when moving house many thanks for the info

  • ginagibbsginagibbs Posts: 756

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  • TopbirdTopbird Posts: 8,352

    Alan - I used to live in sunny Yarmouth. Winters often cold but not usually hard frosts - however....

    I can think of at least 2 periods in the last 30 years when we had snowdrifts up to 10' deep and villages cut off for several days. One night it was down to -17C!

    If you have lots of precious things I would definitely consider insulating. If they're more mundane & don't want to make the effort the odds are you will be ok (could always consider moving a few more valuable things into the house if the forecast warrants it)

    It's prob cheaper to buy bubble wrap online - failing that stationers / post office.

    As others have said - go for the big bubbles. image

    Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
  • WinniecatWinniecat Posts: 100

    Thanks for the advice everyone

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