David, 'Brass Monkeys' had nothing to do with gardening ;-)

Mike

"David Hill" wrote in message ...

On 11/03/2013 14:36, David Hill wrote:
On 11/03/2013 14:20, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-03-11 14:00:59 +0000, Emery Davis said:

It's currently pounding down here. Actually quite a welcome change
after
the heavy freezing rain of earlier. There are 1 inch icicles hanging
off
of all the buds, some of these are pretty advanced too.

I sprayed copper on all the maples as a precaution yesterday, hopefully
it will help a little.

We had a scattering overnight which has disappeared and then a few
flakes this morning. Our worst enemy at the moment is a bitter easterly
which is blowing fiercely. But on the lunchtime news, Jersey and
Guernsey airports are shut with snow and they've had a blizzard which is
expected to continue for quite a while yet.

Here at the sunny end of Swansea bay it has just started to let loose a
few flakes of snow, but that may be warmer than the icy wind we have had
all morning. really nice to be working out in.
I kept expecting to see a couple of Brass monkeys, but the birds seem to
be enjoying it.
David
Well our snow flurries lasted about 10 mins, but there is still quite a
healthy breeze blowing and the temp is still at freezing point, so it
feels sub Arctic and I've had to work outside for about 3 hours, I now
feel a definite kinship with the Brass monkeys.
David