Chilly again..

No not the plants - yes the weather.

Anyway, puns aside, the weather has been warmer than average and wet of late. However, we have had 2 days of quite cold days and -3°C nights (heavy frost good for killing snail eggs in soil).

I have been back in training down the gym this week - arms are very sore - so unless things improve tomorrow then I will probably miss out on some digging this weekend.

We will see....

No lotty action this weekend

Despite being quite mild for this time of year, too much rain meant it wasn't worth going down for a dig.

Nevermind, as you can see for the sowing/planting grid, nothing much is due to happen until the middle of February.

Here's to counting off the days.

Seeds, seeds and more seeds!

Been out shopping today for this year's seeds.

Company	Variety	Vegetable	Sow Inside	Plant Outside
Unwins	Casablanca	Potato	February	February
Johnsons	Bunyards Exhibition	Broad Bean	February	March
Johnsons	Oskar	Pea	March	April
Johnsons	Outdoor Girl	Tomato	March	April
Suttons	Boltardy	Beetroot	March	May
Suttons	Greyhound	Cabbage	March	May
Johnsons	Cobnut	Squash	March	May
Unwins	Seville	Sweetcorn	March	May
Suttons	Invitation	Swede	April	April
Johnsons	Sultana	Climbing Bean	April	May
Suttons	Heavyweight	Pumpkin	April	May
Johnsons	All Green Bush	Courgette	April	May
Unwins	Jumbo Pink Banana	Squash	April	May
Johnsons	Purple Teepee	Dwarft Bean	April	June

Photos of what they should look like!

January start video

New year - same old snow!

Snowy plot - again!

New ground

Leeks

New planting area

Bird feeder / pea cage

Happy New Year!

Well after the coldest year for 25 years and the coldest December for 120 years - I wonder what 2011 will bring.

Here's to the future!!!

Frozen Lotty @ Xmas!

Frozen shed

Snow covered

Ice

Quiet plot

Sad sprouts

Frozen solid

Snowy

Xmas vid!!

Flippin heck it's cold!

Well I am flabberghasted!! It is soooo cold. How cold, well this December could be one of the coldest Decembers since the 1650s. WOW!!

This evening we are expecting a low of minus 14!! So I think come tomorrow morning (Xmas day) I will need to pop down to lotty to say merry xmas and take a few photos of a very cold lotty.

These are exceptional times - not seen since early 1980s!
The weather has been cool all year - with some months coming in at some pretty cool temps:

Month CET Anomaly notes

January = 1.4°C / -2.4°C below average
February = 2.8°C / -1.0°C below average
March = 6.1°C / +0.5°C above average
April = 8.8°C / +0.9°C above average
May = 10.7°C / -0.5°C below average
June = 15.2°C / +1.1°C above average
July = 17.1°C / +1.0°C above average
August = 15.3°C / -0.5°C below average
September = 13.8°C / +0.2°C above average
October = 10.3°C / -0.3°C below average
November = 5.2°C / -1.4°C below average
December = -0.7°C / -5.5°C below average (provisional, to the 22nd)
 
Above average months = 5
Below average months = 7

December's Here!!!

Ok - final month of my video series...will post asap (but been busy with redecorating etc..).

Main news is the snow and EXTREME cold - when I say EXTREME I do mean it. How's about -13!!!!

Anyway,  hope my onions will survive this.

Check out the graph:




Hadobs CET - smash that bottom line!!!
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