Rather chilly.

[oldherbaceous]

I've been doing a little bit over the allotment this morning, and by the heck was it chilly.
Did anyone get any ground frost last night, as i think it wasn't far off one here.

[pongeroon]

Good morning OH. You were out early, stalking rabbits, maybe?

T'was a bit nippy round the nether regions on my way to work on the motorbike this morning. No frost yet though.

[Chantal]

Morning OH

I've just got back from my plot and I'm SO cold! My hands were frozen when I was picking beans and the courgettes feel like popsicles.

I don't think there was a ground frost but it's not a million miles off one.

Having said that, it's a beautiful morning

[Elderflower]

Morning all!
Glorious day here too - cold but I don`t think frosty.
However - I wasn`t out at the crack of dawn like you guys. I wasn`t munching on me muesli `til
8 o`clock!

[lizzie]

It was a bit nippy here too. Took the dog for his walk in the park at 8.30 and there was a heavy dew everywhere, the cars were covered too. Not a ground frost but not far off one. You could see your breath it was that cold.

It is a beautiful day. Bright blue skies, sun shining, birds singing and the dog splashing about in mud puddles.

So, off to the lottie now to plant my new cherry blossom tree in a large pot. It will go nice with my new silver birch. Yep, Big Andrew has bought them for me. Got them off Yeo Valley Yogurts for £1.99 p&p each with 6 tokens from the yogurts. Bloody good value and the trees are superb quality.

Lizzie's a happy bunny today..........

[Monika]

We certainly had the first frost this morning, the greenhouse roof, the garage roof and the car were all covered in frost but the ground must still be pretty warm because the French beans, nasturtiums and French marigold were all o.k., just the marrow leaves looked a bit "scorched". But it's been a lovely day: in the morning my beloved finished scything our village Nature Reserve meadows, I tossed the hay of the parts he had already done and distributed a few seeds, like field scabious and yellowrattle. And in the afternoon I started digging the bed where the beans and peas had grown (oh, I do enjoy a good dig!!) whilst John cleared out the shed. Rain forecast for tomorrow, and we do need it, everything is very dry.

[Mole]

Here was ok, but I was told that there was ice on windscreens within a couple of miles of here early this morning.

Mole

[lizzie]

YIPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I have finally finished digging where my new lawn and flower borders are going to be. I've been digging for 4 hours a day for the last 8 days and i'm knackered . Every single spadeful has been checked for couch and bindweed roots. I finished pruning the goosegogs, raspberries, red and blackcurrents this afternoon in the wonderfully bright, chilly sunshine. All I have to do now is move some goosegogs, plant a red one and shift a couple of raspberry canes over tomorrow.

Then, mark out where the lawn is going, firm it down, rake it about and sow the seed.

I'm worried because I have enjoyed the task, which I find odd . I usually hate digging but this has been "enjoyable" I have just under half of my plot beautifully dug, with no weeds or anything showing.

Just the plants to find now.....

[oldherbaceous]

Well done Lizzie, you can't beat that feeling you get when one has taken on a rather difficult job, and then you can stand back and admire your acomplishment when all is finished.
I hope you didn't get your tiny lady-like, lily-white hands dirty.

Pongeroon what sort of motobike do you own, a Honda maybe.

[pongeroon]

OH, my lovely motorbike is actually a Yamaha Fazer 1000, Galaxy blue, named Patrick and I love him.

I learned to ride a motorbike in my mid 30's and it was one of the best things I ever did. It was the nail in the coffin of an unhappy marriage; it gave me independence and self-belief; and several years later it was instrumental in meeting my current partner who I will be marrying in the new year.

I have owned several bikes since and loved them all (except the ex-military one which took a different technique to start every single time...).

See, OH, you have started me off now. It's a good thing it's 4 am and I'm finally getting sleepy again, or I'd bore you all to death...

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Pongeroon, i've had British bikes in the past so i know what you mean about the starting.
Thats the first time i've heard a bike called Patrick before.
I don't think you could ever possibly bore us by the way, and i wish you well with your future.

Live to ride, ride to live.