In my previous post, I wrote that our early potatoes had pushed through and that we were hoping that there wouldn't be a frost. We were unlucky, as Jack Frost…

At times last week, you could be forgiven if you thought summer had arrived early.At the beginning of the week we had summery temperatures. The media as usual, were dramatising…

This year has been a very good year for blossom. Our plums and greengages didn't have lots of flowers, but considering last year they had virtually no blossom at all,…

Last week was another dry week. One evening we had some precipitation (I wouldn't really call it rain), which wetted the surface of the ground but didn't penetrate to where…

Last week, during daylight hours, you could almost believe that it was summer. The clear blue skies came with a downside: as the sun set, the temperature plummeted. Sudden extreme…

Last week felt quite summery during the day, but the temperature dropped considerably at night. This isn't ideal for the seedlings we are trying to start in the greenhouse.There has…

The weather is still playing with us. We've had some lovely spring weather interspersed with cold winds that have us adding extra layers of clothing. It has been a game…

Last week was mostly dry until the weekend when the heavens opened and the heavy rain was accompanied by thunder. The temperature last week, however, was variable. We continued tidying…

Although we did have some sunshine last week, the temperature dropped and we were back to wrapping up warmly and Ruby needed to go back to wearing her winter coat.…

Last week the weather was almost spring-like so we managed to make quite a lot of progress on the allotment. At times it was even warm enough to discard a…