What a week!
Last week was one of those weeks that you don't want to repeat . We have been more or less confined to the house. I did go out into the…
A Busy Week
Last week was a busy week in more ways than one. We actually paid a couple of visits to the allotment. The first visit was to harvest some parsnips as…
January so far – Tonga wave two
At the midpoint of the month we’re not doing too badly as far as the weather is concerned. It could certainly have been much worse. After that mildest January day…
A very mixed week
Last week was a really mixed week weather-wise. We never knew what we were going to end up waking up to. We managed some walks in the sunshine. It was…
Temperature and Barometric Records for Saturday, 15 January 2022
Pacific volcano effects recorded in Wakefield
You are probably aware of the huge underwater volcano that erupted in the Pacific Ocean close to Tonga on Saturday Morning (UK time). As far as I am concerned Tonga…
2021 Weather Summary
I don't think 2021 will go down in our records as a particularly good gardening year. It certainly finished better than it started. As you can see from the table…
A cold and frosty morning
Last week was quite eventful with two birthdays to celebrate, Ruby was two years old on Saturday and Martyn was a lot older than that on Friday. Normally we would…
Coldest day of the year
That mild spell of weather over the first few days of the new year is behind us now. The temperature in the early hours of Thursday morning fell down to…
Warmest January Day
Hot on the heels of the mildest December day I've recorded comes the mildest January day. New Year's Day became the warmest January day of the last 10 years. The…
When you can’t garden
We weren't really tempted into the garden or onto the allotment last week. When the weather was reasonable the condition of the ground wasn't really conducive to any gardening activity.…