A grand Easter!
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What a lovely Easter weekend this has been, weatherwise! We spent the last three days on the allotment in almost unbroken sunshine with temperatures up to 18 degrees and a very light southeasterly breeze - ideal weather for setting out all the seed beds, hoeing, planting and the first tentative sowing. Wish the weather would stay like that for a bit but, no doubt, it won't!
Lucky you Monika
Today was the first dry day we have had in Rugby. The last 3 have been cold and either drizzling or raining. Seemed to be a real split across the country.
Anyway managed to get peas, sweet peas and broad bean plants in today along with a row of carrot seeds and a row of beetroot.
Seedling
Today was the first dry day we have had in Rugby. The last 3 have been cold and either drizzling or raining. Seemed to be a real split across the country.
Anyway managed to get peas, sweet peas and broad bean plants in today along with a row of carrot seeds and a row of beetroot.
Seedling
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Rather damp and grey skies on the East Coast...giving me more time to listen to watery "wireless"....http://radiocaroline.servemp3.com/ from the dear old Ross Revenge in Tilbury..
Ground too wet to really get on...which is actually good as it has been a rather dry time of late....
The Sun at last appeared and warmed things up at about 3-30pm today..and set a few Bees in motion amongst the Plum/Gage blossom...which was good to see.
I did get one job done that has been pending for a long while...grease the chains on my old Atco mower....a sort of a cobblers kids shoes state of a machine
A very different weekend to the last one..when we had absolute warm sunshine..and last Sunday visitors flocked into the plant fair at my work...When booking the date, booked last year, we certainly got that one right and acheived record attendance.
It was my Dads birthday this weekend....I bought him some baler string...11150ft of it....an in joke..ref his careful saving of every last bit of baler twine he comes across.
Clive.
Ground too wet to really get on...which is actually good as it has been a rather dry time of late....
The Sun at last appeared and warmed things up at about 3-30pm today..and set a few Bees in motion amongst the Plum/Gage blossom...which was good to see.
I did get one job done that has been pending for a long while...grease the chains on my old Atco mower....a sort of a cobblers kids shoes state of a machine
A very different weekend to the last one..when we had absolute warm sunshine..and last Sunday visitors flocked into the plant fair at my work...When booking the date, booked last year, we certainly got that one right and acheived record attendance.
It was my Dads birthday this weekend....I bought him some baler string...11150ft of it....an in joke..ref his careful saving of every last bit of baler twine he comes across.
Clive.
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Spent the last four days in Aldershot sorting out a bits and pieces for my daughters forthcoming wedding.Weather overcast and damp, whereas,back home the weather was good.Know where I would rather have been.My pocket hasn"t stopped saying "ouch!!"
Seriously,the wedding plans are well in hand and we are hoping that the weather-god will be good to us on Melanie"s day in October.
Seriously,the wedding plans are well in hand and we are hoping that the weather-god will be good to us on Melanie"s day in October.
Regards snooky
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Like Seedling, this afternoon was the first sun we have seen all weekend, and before.
Did manage to get one of the big lawns cut for one of my customers this afternoon, but i didn't manage to do the other one, what was a bit of a shame, as they were having a croquet tornament at lunchtime.
I think there are going to be some big showers about for some of us in the coming week.
Dear Clive, please pass on my belated best wishes to your Dad for his Birthday, thanyou.
Did manage to get one of the big lawns cut for one of my customers this afternoon, but i didn't manage to do the other one, what was a bit of a shame, as they were having a croquet tornament at lunchtime.
I think there are going to be some big showers about for some of us in the coming week.
Dear Clive, please pass on my belated best wishes to your Dad for his Birthday, thanyou.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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There's no fool like an old fool.
You poor old lot. Just for once we have had a magnificent Easter.
It has been several days of wonderful sunshine all day long here.
The strange thing is that as the cow flies Rugby is not really all that far yet poor Seedling and one presumes Chantal have had entirely different weather system.
Just to pile on the agony Seedling I have actually got sunburn on my forehead!
JB.
It has been several days of wonderful sunshine all day long here.
The strange thing is that as the cow flies Rugby is not really all that far yet poor Seedling and one presumes Chantal have had entirely different weather system.
Just to pile on the agony Seedling I have actually got sunburn on my forehead!
JB.
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This was my weekend
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Splendid weekend here, too
The first Easter weekend of totally good weather I can remember for a long time. Air frost Saturday and Sunday mornings, ground frost yesterday - followed by warm sunshine. I kept an eye on the forecast for other parts and my thoughts were with those of you under the clouds
The first Easter weekend of totally good weather I can remember for a long time. Air frost Saturday and Sunday mornings, ground frost yesterday - followed by warm sunshine. I kept an eye on the forecast for other parts and my thoughts were with those of you under the clouds
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No wonder it was so nice for you lot without cloud, you had two suns to warm you, if Donediggings photo is anything to go by.
Dear Alan, thank-you for your thoughts, as long as they were nice ones.
Glorious here at the moment, and thats with just one sun.
Dear Alan, thank-you for your thoughts, as long as they were nice ones.
Glorious here at the moment, and thats with just one sun.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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oldherbaceous wrote:Dear Alan, thank-you for your thoughts, as long as they were nice ones.
Glorious here at the moment, and thats with just one sun.
Dear OH
Only the nicest thoughts, I assure you
It's raining here now, with no sun
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Sorry to hear about your rain. 
How i wish my thoughts were as pure as yours Alan, alas.
How i wish my thoughts were as pure as yours Alan, alas. Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Rain very welcome actually
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Dear Alan, of course that was what i was hoping you would want.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
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Belated happy holidays to all,
Had family things on most of the long weekend, but got out to the plot yesterday and planted some of my potatoes and potted on three tomatoes and a bunch of purple sprouting broccoli and sunflowers. Harvested some leeks that never really did much last autumn and a bit of broccoli from my two surviving PSB. I never have much luck with them.
The sun was on and off here, but it stayed dry for the most part and warmish, so the kids enjoyed playing outside most of the weekend and we got to hide our eggs in the garden.
Hope no one's return to work today is too harsh.
Had family things on most of the long weekend, but got out to the plot yesterday and planted some of my potatoes and potted on three tomatoes and a bunch of purple sprouting broccoli and sunflowers. Harvested some leeks that never really did much last autumn and a bit of broccoli from my two surviving PSB. I never have much luck with them.
The sun was on and off here, but it stayed dry for the most part and warmish, so the kids enjoyed playing outside most of the weekend and we got to hide our eggs in the garden.
Hope no one's return to work today is too harsh.
Welcome to Finland!!