At last! The sun has been shining all day and I even opened up the greenhouse for a couple of hours. It was very misty this morning early on as I accompanied OH to the docs to have his stitches out. The mist soon dispelled though to give us this beautiful day here in Cheshire.
Glorious sunshine. The first glimpse of the sun here in a week. I spent about two hours pottering about with little bits of tidying up. It was cold though. Thermal walking trousers under my gardening ones.
If it is any consolation a friend living in south west France has temperatures of minus 11C.
Ice this morning and the car has just ding'd for ice warning on way home. Supposed to be a sunny but freezing day tomorrow so I'll put the windscreen cover on now as it may not thaw by 12:00 when I leave for work.
Iamweedy, I live in SW France. It was -12°, then -10° yesterday, this morning -7° - so it's getting warmer! Ground is frozen, but blue sky and sunshine.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Those are the sort of temperatures we had in 2009/10 and 10/11. Only the really tough survived.
Do you have to grow completely different plants down there to what you might in the uk ? I can't see that a lot of our climates plants would thrive? Or southern France's plants do too well up here.
My garden is an English style garden. Summer is hardest as it can get very hot and it needs a lot of watering. A lot of plants survive the cold, some of the salvias struggle.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
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At last! The sun has been shining all day and I even opened up the greenhouse for a couple of hours. It was very misty this morning early on as I accompanied OH to the docs to have his stitches out. The mist soon dispelled though to give us this beautiful day here in Cheshire.
Freezing for most of the day, and the most glorious sunset right now
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
gloriously sunny , clear sky all day. The frost hasn't lifted from the shady bits and they're forecasting -2C tonight and no more than 3C tomorrow.
Pat???? wanna swap??
Glorious sunshine. The first glimpse of the sun here in a week. I spent about two hours pottering about with little bits of tidying up. It was cold though. Thermal walking trousers under my gardening ones.
If it is any consolation a friend living in south west France has temperatures of minus 11C.
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'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
Ice this morning and the car has just ding'd for ice warning on way home. Supposed to be a sunny but freezing day tomorrow so I'll put the windscreen cover on now as it may not thaw by 12:00 when I leave for work.
Iamweedy, I live in SW France. It was -12°, then -10° yesterday, this morning -7° - so it's getting warmer! Ground is frozen, but blue sky and sunshine.
Grey skies again! One day of sunshine.
Busy-Lizzie
Those are the sort of temperatures we had in 2009/10 and 10/11. Only the really tough survived.
Do you have to grow completely different plants down there to what you might in the uk ? I can't see that a lot of our climates plants would thrive? Or southern France's plants do too well up here.
'You must have some bread with it me duck!'
A really sharp frost last night - but a rapid thaw this morning - grey and damp and 6.3C in the back garden at the moment.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My garden is an English style garden. Summer is hardest as it can get very hot and it needs a lot of watering. A lot of plants survive the cold, some of the salvias struggle.