No winter yet

[David Hare-Scott[_2_]]

All the summer veggies (capsicum, sweet potato etc) still have leaves. I
moved the horses 3 weeks ago and the paddock they were on was still covered
but well eaten down. Today it is showing 10-15cm of new soft growth.

If this is the climate change future I can stop worrying about having enough
feed to get them through winter.

David

[len]

g'day david,

give winter a chance i reckon my thinking is this one may be a one of
those short and cold ones, i'm looking to some frosts occuring by
about tuesday up here for a couple days at least.

the season has been lots warmer due to better than average rainfalls
this time of year we have had the wettest autumn in a long time but
going against the climate change fiasco it has all happened before.



On Sat, 6 Jun 2009 17:03:41 +1000, "David Hare-Scott"
> wrote:
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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len & bev

--
"Be Content With What You Have And
May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
A World That You May Not Understand."

http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

[FarmI]

"David Hare-Scott" > wrote in message
> All the summer veggies (capsicum, sweet potato etc) still have leaves. I
> moved the horses 3 weeks ago and the paddock they were on was still
> covered but well eaten down. Today it is showing 10-15cm of new soft
> growth.
>
> If this is the climate change future I can stop worrying about having
> enough feed to get them through winter.

It's quite astonishing weather. We have not had to light the fire for a
month later than would be normal and there is still some pasture growth
happening as a result of the recent small amounts of rainfall we've had.
And not one frost yet! Simply amazing.

[FarmI]

Mutter, mutter, bitch, mumble groan!

Did you have to mention winter David! It's now arrived with a bloody
vengeance!

Freezing here and bleak now.

[David Hare-Scott[_2_]]

FarmI wrote:
> Mutter, mutter, bitch, mumble groan!
>
> Did you have to mention winter David! It's now arrived with a bloody
> vengeance!
>
> Freezing here and bleak now.

It's here. Just on sunset it's 11C and cooling quickly. The sky is clear
and the wind dropping. I am predicting frost tomorrow morning.

David

[Ross McKay[_2_]]

On Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:07:56 +1000, "David Hare-Scott" wrote:

>It's here. Just on sunset it's 11C and cooling quickly. The sky is clear
>and the wind dropping. I am predicting frost tomorrow morning.

It was 5°C at Fassifern station this morning, and same again this
evening when I returned. Fire is burning nicely.

Chillies have lots of flowers, some fruit coming... :)
--
Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia
"The lawn could stand another mowing; funny, I don't even care"
- Elvis Costello

[Jeßus[_2_]]

In article >, says...
> All the summer veggies (capsicum, sweet potato etc) still have leaves. I
> moved the horses 3 weeks ago and the paddock they were on was still covered
> but well eaten down. Today it is showing 10-15cm of new soft growth.
>
> If this is the climate change future I can stop worrying about having enough
> feed to get them through winter.

We had some pretty mild minimums here in N.E Tas in the past few weeks,
due to the prolonged overcast weather (and plenty of rain).

A lot of veggie seedlings seemed to have also noticed the warmer
weather, and began germinating... finally.

Now it's snapping back down again... but still relatively mild compared
to what it can be. Getting frosts each morning now and down to about
-2C.