Monday, 16 January 2017
Winter Washing
It turned out to be a weekend of two halves. Saturday was sunny but cold and Sunday was milder and wet.
Temperature & Rainfall 14-16 January 2017
We decided to head down to the allotment on Saturday afternoon to winter wash the fruit trees.
I'm planning to give the trees another winter wash early next month before there are any signs of fresh new shoots.
Tuesday, 17 January 2017
Anticyclonic Gloom
It seems our weather is going to be governed by high pressure this week but it doesn't mean we are going to have sunny days and frosty nights. We're going to have to put up with some dull days with drizzle or light rain on and off throughout the day.
Even the coming and goings of our feathered friends didn't remove the water droplets from the bird feeder on Monday.
Here's something different for a dull day.
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Friday, 20 January 2017
Weather's In A Rut
Our weather is stuck in a rut at the moment. On the positive side it isn't stuck in a cold rut it's just gloomy and miserable all day long. It's beginning to seem like we'll never see a bit of blue sky again.
Temperature and Rainfall Details 17-19 January 2017
The temperatures haven't been anything special by day but haven't fallen away through the night due to the heavy cloud cover. I'd swap a bit of overnight frost for some daytime sunshine though.
We tried a bit of retail therapy on Tuesday at one of our local garden centres.
We weren't over impressed with the prices and came away empty handed which is unusual when we visit a garden centre. However, things looked up on Thursday when our main order of seeds arrived from Kings Seeds.
Spread out on the kitchen floor I couldn't help thinking that we are going to be very busy once Spring comes around. For now though everything is staying in its seed packet.
Saturday, 21 January 2017
Sunny Friday
Wouldn't you know it that no sooner had I blogged on Thursday about us not seeing any sunshine for most of the week than Friday turned out to be a lovely sunny day. The price for the sunshine was a drop of a few degrees in temperature.
Temperature Record 18-20 January 2017
In the cloud and murk of the previous few days the temperature had remained almost constant day and night but the clearer weather brought with it a rapid fall in temperature.
In the garden we've now lots of bulbs pushing there way up out of the ground ready to put on a display in a few weeks time.
Of course as always the weather is determined to have the last word and, as I'm ready to post this blog, Saturday morning has returned to dull and cold with little hint of any sunshine breaking through the clouds.
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