Didn't it just - snow I mean. I was stuck in the snow in a train going down to London from Edinburgh in 1947 and was stuck in hospital for three weeks with my newborn baby in 1963 because there was no mains water in my house. All the pipes in the street were frozen.
had no heating on (boiler broke) good job its been mild ! . Found a huge cluster of ladybirds in our wooden shutters, they like to come in our kitchen this time of year.
I was born in Birmingham in 1947, at home, because apparently the snow was up to the tops of the hedges and nothing could move! Mind you, I once had to walk all the way to school due to no buses running because of iced up roads. The gritters were stuck in their yard, the exit to which was on a steep slope. They got out after several hours of salting and pickaxe work.
i'm still picking sweet peas, the dahlias, fuchsias, marigolds, geraniums and nasturtiums are all still happily flowering, there were bees and butterflies flitting around this morning and its the middle of November!
the garlic I've planted two weeks ago is nearly 6 inches high, the onions sets that I started in module trays five days ago are sprouting already, as are the broad beans I've planted! and bizarrely one of my apple trees is trying to flower!
and there's and old oak tree on the corner of the plot that's barely started to change the colour of its leaves, let alone start to drop them!
Just noticed one of my new Dianthus in full pink flower. It's in a planted up old 1940s galvanised two handled bath, with some Salvia Christine Yeo. The plants looked better in the bath than I would this time of year!
Lots of huddling Ladybirds indoors, but not so many spiders - YET.
Grassed area quite wet & soggy, many worm casts can be hazzardously slippery.
Early flowering Camelia with small deep pink flowers should be out soon.
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Didn't it just - snow I mean. I was stuck in the snow in a train going down to London from Edinburgh in 1947 and was stuck in hospital for three weeks with my newborn baby in 1963 because there was no mains water in my house. All the pipes in the street were frozen.
I haven't had my heating on at home yet and only had a fire a few evenings. I expect I'll need it on full blast when I get back though.
had no heating on (boiler broke) good job its been mild ! . Found a huge cluster of ladybirds in our wooden shutters, they like to come in our kitchen this time of year.
I was born in Birmingham in 1947, at home, because apparently the snow was up to the tops of the hedges and nothing could move! Mind you, I once had to walk all the way to school due to no buses running because of iced up roads. The gritters were stuck in their yard, the exit to which was on a steep slope. They got out after several hours of salting and pickaxe work.
Have just picked another bunch of flowers for the house. At the moment I have all 4 seasons of flowers out in the garden:-
Winter flowering viburnum, hellebores, winter pansies and all the berries / crab apples etc.
Foxgloves, hesperis & geranium phaeum.
Roses, delphiniums, astrantia, coreopsis, geranium 'Rozanne', cosmos, penstemon & alstroemeria.
Asters, chrysanths, cyclamen & hydrangea.
Funny old year - such a slow, cold start but clinging on to late summer / early autumn
How does the bloke who drives the snow plough get to work?
Several Aubrieta in flower here. Nasturtium flowers galore (shortage of winged pollinators I suppose).
But almost NO ladybirds coming in to overwinter. We normally get thousands indoors.
i'm still picking sweet peas, the dahlias, fuchsias, marigolds, geraniums and nasturtiums are all still happily flowering, there were bees and butterflies flitting around this morning and its the middle of November!
the garlic I've planted two weeks ago is nearly 6 inches high, the onions sets that I started in module trays five days ago are sprouting already, as are the broad beans I've planted! and bizarrely one of my apple trees is trying to flower!
and there's and old oak tree on the corner of the plot that's barely started to change the colour of its leaves, let alone start to drop them!
its been a strange, strange autumn!
Just noticed one of my new Dianthus in full pink flower. It's in a planted up old 1940s galvanised two handled bath, with some Salvia Christine Yeo. The plants looked better in the bath than I would this time of year!
Lots of huddling Ladybirds indoors, but not so many spiders - YET.
Grassed area quite wet & soggy, many worm casts can be hazzardously slippery.
Early flowering Camelia with small deep pink flowers should be out soon.
Happy gardening all