A Gardeners Weather Diary

The weather at the start of the new year had been on the miserable side. Rather than any nice, cold, crisp, sunny days, all we

Our cold spell has come to a very abrupt end. It’s been the coldest spell of weather since December 2010. That spell in December 2010

Sunday, 11 December 2022 became our coldest day of the year as the temperature dropped to -4.8°C or 23.4°F. Rather strangely this temperature occurred just

A few months ago I took advantage of a special offer from Sutton’s Seeds to buy some Autumn Bliss raspberry canes. At the time of

It’s been a mild start to November so far but it looks like we’re in for a few colder days starting today. Overnight and into

I’ve noticed that the Met Office has posted temperature charts for the UK showing exceptionally high temperatures for mid-November. I must say giving the image

We’ve had our first chilly mornings of the autumn this week. Early on Friday morning, the temperature got down to 2.9°C (37.2°F), and then on

It had to happen eventually as we couldn’t continue the spell of months with below-average rainfall. I suppose the rather wet end to September set

I had been in the process of writing a blog post saying how October was following a pattern similar to the rest of the year

October’s monthly rainfall total was once more below average making it the seventh month in a row to be drier than average. Only February was