{"id":10788,"date":"2022-12-11T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/?p=10788"},"modified":"2022-12-11T14:05:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T14:05:02","slug":"blimey-its-turned-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/martyn\/blimey-its-turned-cold\/","title":{"rendered":"Blimey it&#8217;s turned cold"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10788\" class=\"elementor elementor-10788\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e73888 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e73888\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b25c67c\" data-id=\"b25c67c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1b9fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f1b9fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">A few months ago I took advantage of a special offer from Sutton\u2019s Seeds to buy some Autumn Bliss raspberry canes. At the time of ordering, it said the new canes would be delivered before the end of December. I\u2019d forgotten all about them.<\/span><\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_10790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10790\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10790\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5869.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5869.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5869.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5869.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry canes &#8211; Autumn Bliss<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">Then on the coldest day of winter so far there was a knock at the door and I opened it to find our raspberry canes on the doorstep. It was just getting dark so they were quickly checked to make sure they didn\u2019t need any water and left in the porch overnight.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p3\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">There\u2019s no ground at the allotment prepared for them so I\u2019ve planted all the canes in large pots in the greenhouse at home where hopefully they can stay until they shoot next spring and then be planted out in the allotment.<\/span><\/span><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_10791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10791\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10791\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5871.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5871.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5871.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5871.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raspberry canes &#8211; Autumn Bliss<\/figcaption><\/figure><p class=\"p2\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-stretch: normal; caret-color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">We\u2019ve entered a spell of noticeable cold weather. The temperature fell to <\/span><\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">-2.6\u00b0C on Thursday morning making it the coldest day of autumn so far. The forecast is for the freezing weather to continue for the next week or so.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10794\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5878.jpg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5878.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5878.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/IMG_E5878.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"p3\" style=\"margin: 0cm; font-stretch: normal; min-height: 26px; caret-color: #000000; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;\"><span style=\"color: black;\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span style=\"color: black;\">At least we can afford to keep warm, I\u2019m sure lots of people must be really struggling. Our gas bill for November 2021 was \u00a361.89 (22,102 kWhr) compared to \u00a3185.53 (19,029 kWhr) for November 2022. There\u2019s a \u00a360 government subsidy to be added as well so without that our bill would have been \u00a3245.53 or more than a fourfold increase in the space of one year and we even used less gas this year. It\u2019s due to increase in price again in April. Somebody is making an awful lot of money!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few months ago I took advantage of a special offer from Sutton\u2019s Seeds to buy some Autumn Bliss raspberry canes. At the time of ordering, it said the new canes would be delivered before the end of December. I\u2019d forgotten all about them. 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