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Winter 2014/15

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  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039

    As gardeners I think we are able to adapt to whatever we get. If it is mild, some stuff survives that might otherwise die, and, if it is cold more pests get killed off.

    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • Prepare for the worst and hope for the best image


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





  • a couple of weeks ago there was a thread on the worse winter in a million years! Then we had the warmest Halloween on record!!

    This is Britain, in winter it gets cold, it rarely snows, in summer its slightly warmer, sometime with two or three hot days in a row which we call a 'heat wave', it rains occasionally (more in winter) and sometimes its dry.

    Whenever people start talking about apocalyptic weather conditions (snow, cold, heat, whatever) I take it with a whole heap of salt as mostly it is fine grade cow manure of the male variety!

  • Alan4711Alan4711 Posts: 1,657

    Oi u treeuga ,dont u go getting all wrapped up with the MALE bit, if ever youv been to a farm you wont see many MALE cows will you, No just the odd bull, so where does all the manure come from I ask myself, perhaps a fair share of it is FEMALE,!!!! thought i would just tidy that one up a bit girls,carry on.imageimage  from your ever friendly male Alan4711  coolin a bit erein Muns,.,off 2 c the physio

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    I find it amazing that they pay millions of pounds to keep satellites in the sky to predict the weather, but the newspapers and Joe public can do if for free, about time someone told the met office not bother any more.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    How long before someone comes up with the old 'lots of berries means a hard winter' mythimage



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • archiepemarchiepem Posts: 1,155

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     higher blackley weather stationimage

  • I used to have a similar one, made of a nice piece of Cleveland ironstone on a bit of string.

    forecasts went as followed:

    if the rock is wet - it is raining

    if the rock is swinging from side to side - it is windy

    if rock has disappeared - its REALLY windy

    if the rock is casting a shadow - it is sunny

    if rock is bouncing up and down - there is an earthquake happening!

     

  • treehugger you forgot "if you can't see it - foggy, and if it's turned white - snow"

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