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…

It's now meteorological spring but when do you think spring begins? Last week almost felt spring-like.  Some days were very pleasant. The sun made an appearance but it remained cold…

Last week's weather, for the most part, was awful. We had strong winds and rain that varied from light drizzly showers - the sort that wets you before you notice…

I didn't publish a post last week as to be honest I had nothing of interest to write about. To be frank the same could be said for this week.We…

The only gardening related activity last week was a visit to a local garden centre to buy our seed potatoes and onion sets.As well as offering seed potatoes in the…

The storm that was predicted for last week, didn't hit us as hard as it appeared to do in other areas. The winds tracked in from the west and I…

The snow has almost all disappeared. All that remains are mounds where snow had been piled up. The snowman, that interested Ruby so much the previous week, is now a…

Although we haven't had any more snow, despite having some heavy rain, the snow that fell over a week ago is still sticking around.It's no longer the fluffy wet stuff…