Rain required not a heatwave
It’s a few weeks since I last wrote a blog post, but one thing that hasn’t changed is that we are still waiting for some proper rain. June turned out…
Hottest day but really need rain not heat
Friday became our hottest day of the year as the temperature reached 29.9°C (85.8°F) in the middle of the afternoon. It wasn’t the hottest June day I’ve recorded as that…
A cold start to June
It’s the first time in 10 years that the average temperature for the first 5 days of June has been colour-coded blue on my monthly chart. However, it’s not the…
The warmest day of the year
Last Saturday became our warmest day of the year with the temperature reaching a very pleasant 24.9°C or 76.8°F. However, it turned out to be a one day wonder rather…
Some proper rain required
It’s been quite a while since we had a proper wet day. By that, I mean enough to penetrate into the soil rather than just wet the surface. In my…
Big cover up
When I last looked a couple of days ago the forecasts didn’t suggest we would be getting any frosts over the next few days. However, I noticed this morning that…
An experiment at germinating tomato seeds
I usually sow our tomato seeds at the beginning of April. This year was no different as I sowed our seeds on 08 April. We don’t have any heating at…
All gardening and no blogging
We've had a lovely few days weather wise for the middle of April. It's given us chance to do some serious gardening but that leaves much less time for blogging.…
Winter returns – gardening dilemma
We had some lovely mild sunny days towards the end of March giving us the warmest day of the year so far as the temperature reached 19.7°C or 67.5°F. However,…