Concern shifts from wet to cold
Throughout April our concern has been the lack of anything resembling a dry spell of weather. However, the latter half of the month has been drier and the ground has…
Temple Newsam
Seas of bluebells
Our weather continues to be unsettled so we are having to fit in visits to the allotment and walking with Ruby around whatever the weather throws at us. When it…
Flexible planting plans
We still haven't managed anything like a spell of good weather. We have to go back to the first 3 days of February for a run of 3 consecutive days…
Spring green and blue
Our weather continues to be unsettled. I guess that we should see that as a bonus as now it just rains some of the time.We have had some hail and…
Some progress
The weather has continued to tease. Some days have been positively spring-like but dark water-laden clouds suddenly appear in the sky threatening and often delivering more rain.We made the most…
Has it been that wet?
It almost goes without saying that if it rains a lot then we are told it's the worst it has ever been. It seemed a very wet start to the…
It’s beginning to get critical
We've had plenty more rain through the first week of April. The amount so far is 25mm or around 1" and about half a month's rainfall. That wouldn't normally be…
A start to planting
We did have some glimpses of spring last week. Unfortunately, the rain hasn't completely given up the assault. Just when we feel as if there may be a chance for…
Gardening Judgement – our earlies are in
Normally at this time of the year, we try to decide on the correct timing for sowing and planting all sorts of seeds. There's no scientific basis for the decisions…