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Lhud sing goddamn. My courgettes have stopped producing female flowers, even my beans have started to set badly, and my squashes are showing signs of losing foliage before ripening. And I have jalapenos but no other chilis. All right, a lot of this was that I didn't get into action until the year warmed up, and July hit before the plants had grown properly, but August has been MISERABLE. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote
but August has been MISERABLE. Miserable? That's an understatement. It's like the end of the world up here in Bolton with torrential rain and wind. |
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"Jane" wrote in message ... "Nick Maclaren" wrote but August has been MISERABLE. Miserable? That's an understatement. It's like the end of the world up here in Bolton with torrential rain and wind. ditto here on the Isle of Wight :-(( Mike -- -------------------------------------- Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in a message: snip but August has been MISERABLE. --- Not to worry! I'm sure I heard a weather pundit on night time BBC 5Live forecast an even hotter summer for next year. Just think of all those exotics you'll be able to consider growing. MikeCT |
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"MikeCT" wrote in message ... "Nick Maclaren" wrote in a message: snip but August has been MISERABLE. --- Not to worry! I'm sure I heard a weather pundit on night time BBC 5Live forecast an even hotter summer for next year. Just think of all those exotics you'll be able to consider growing. MikeCT Ah but we are in for a very bad winter coming, you should see the amount of berries on the trees around here :-(( Booked another couple of cruises for the winter to get out of it. Not quite as long as the World Cruise we did at the start of the year :-(( .........but it will mean that we spent a third of 2006, [and in the winter months too], cruising :-)) Mike -- -------------------------------------- Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"Jane" wrote in message ... "Nick Maclaren" wrote but August has been MISERABLE. Miserable? That's an understatement. It's like the end of the world up here in Bolton with torrential rain and wind. Lucky you, at least you have had some rain, there's been very little here in East Berks, and nothing is growing well, in fact some things have died off! Alan |
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In article , "MikeCT" writes: | | Not to worry! I'm sure I heard a weather pundit on night time BBC 5Live | forecast an even hotter summer for next year. Just think of all those | exotics you'll be able to consider growing. Given the accuracy of their August forecast, I may try growing things like cloudberries. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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On 2/9/06 14:17, in article , "Jane"
wrote: "Nick Maclaren" wrote but August has been MISERABLE. Miserable? That's an understatement. It's like the end of the world up here in Bolton with torrential rain and wind. It's been like that here today but 'miserable'? We've had a hot, dry August with little rain of any use. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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On 2/9/06 16:48, in article , "Nick
Maclaren" wrote: In article , "MikeCT" writes: | | Not to worry! I'm sure I heard a weather pundit on night time BBC 5Live | forecast an even hotter summer for next year. Just think of all those | exotics you'll be able to consider growing. Given the accuracy of their August forecast, I may try growing things like cloudberries. Who was it who said "it's being so cheerful as keeps 'im going"? ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.co.uk South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ |
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"Sacha" wrote in message ... On 2/9/06 16:48, in article , "Nick Maclaren" wrote: In article , "MikeCT" writes: | | Not to worry! I'm sure I heard a weather pundit on night time BBC 5Live | forecast an even hotter summer for next year. Just think of all those | exotics you'll be able to consider growing. Given the accuracy of their August forecast, I may try growing things like cloudberries. Who was it who said "it's being so cheerful as keeps 'im going"? ;-) -- Sacha South Devon http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/ Who is showing their age? Mike -- -------------------------------------- Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association www.rnshipmates.co.uk www.nsrafa.com |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote Lhud sing goddamn. My courgettes have stopped producing female flowers, even my beans have started to set badly, and my squashes are showing signs of losing foliage before ripening. And I have jalapenos but no other chilis. All right, a lot of this was that I didn't get into action until the year warmed up, and July hit before the plants had grown properly, but August has been MISERABLE. We noticed that the winter/spring/summer was beautiful, although seriously dry, until the kids broke up from school and then it immediately went into a cloudy dull cool and wet phase with just the odd sunny period. Perhaps when they go back to school it will brighten up again. :-) Today we have very strong winds, heavy cloud cover and intermittent horizontal light showers. -- Regards Bob H 17mls W. of London.UK |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... Booked another couple of cruises for the winter to get out of it. Not quite as long as the World Cruise we did at the start of the year :-(( ........but it will mean that we spent a third of 2006, [and in the winter months too], cruising :-)) Mike Ah well. Usenet's loss is someone else's gain, so they say. Life can indeed be so cruel at times. michael adams .... |
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Here in cumbria autumn has arrived big time - umm along with one tonne of manure..eww..as a first timer, I reserve the right to approach the pile cautiously. Hasn't stopped raining all day. However my new allotment is a tad tidier than it was three days ago LW |
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My goodness what pessimism! We received the first half decent bit of
rain for months on Saturday and the very first winds greater than moderate breezes since spring, which flattened the rather overtall flower stems on my Crinums. Not the best of days, but the max/min was 22C/17C and that is a far cry from hints of autumn, Especially when Friday gave 26C/18C max/min. It allowed me brief respite from twice-daily watering since April and that was greatly welcome. However, regardless of the rain I'll have to be out with the hose again on Sunday morning because only enough fell to prevent the soil from becoming any drier. The sheer density of foliage here at the moment means that vast amounts of water are being pumped out of the soil by the hour and it would take a near monsoonal storm every day to counteract that. |
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