Happy Xmas 2011

Happy Xmas to all allotmenteers!!

Well it looks like being a record breaking Xmas this year as the temperatures are set to be above 10°C!!

The AO Index still keep us warm!

Source: NSIDC

10°C at 9 a.m.

This is all good for my winter Peas, Beans and Onions. It looks like the Arctic Oscillation (AO) index being positive (colder stratosphere) is having the classic effect of keeping our little island well above normal temps. We did have a wintry blast with snow a week back that was due to turbid air mixing over us giving us storms but the abnormal warmth looks set to continue into the new year. The AO index is not as positive as earlier in December, but it is still positive.

Snow blog post: http://vegetableben.blogspot.com/2011/12/snowy-december-plot.html

New Year's Veg Party!

Well all this unseasonal warmth may mean we get an early start to the growing season in the form of early germination in unheated greenhouses and cold tolerant outside plant growth (early signs of spring??). However, April/May is a long way off yet so good care and management is needed to make sure I don't have lots of seedling and young plants but nowhere to plant them. However, an early crop could be on the cards for 2012!!

New for 2012 on this blog

Along with trying to grow plants in specific soil types (pH), I am creating lots of individual pages for the plants I am growing. These pages will be dedicated to one type of plant, so what seeds I have used and their progress over the growing season will be documented on these pages. Hope they prove useful.

See: http://vegetableben.blogspot.com/p/vegetableben-seeds-2012.html

All the best and hope you have success in 2012!!


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