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It's snowing!
Finally, it started around lunchtime today and has been snowing in fits and
starts ever since. At present the sky is clearing but as the temperature drops, who knows what tonight will bring! If it's snowed overnight I'm determined to have some photos of the house from the bottom of the garden before there are dirty great footprints all over the lawn! The greenhouses are snugged down for the night and the sun is going down in flames. It all looks very pretty but my golly, it's cold! It went only to -2C last night but the wind made it seem much colder. I'm so glad we still have wooden fascia boards and eaves etc. so the birds have somewhere to tuck in! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Perennials & shrubs online |
It's snowing!
It started here about 4.15 this afternoon. Quite a novelty to see it
coming down so thickly. Then it stopped and has started to melt. Still time for more though and maybe with a night-time drop in temps, it might even stick. Pics of the house in snow will look fabulous Sacha - especially from the bottom of the garden. |
It's snowing!
-- http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2683436/ "Sacha" wrote in message ... Finally, it started around lunchtime today and has been snowing in fits and starts ever since. At present the sky is clearing but as the temperature drops, who knows what tonight will bring! If it's snowed overnight I'm determined to have some photos of the house from the bottom of the garden before there are dirty great footprints all over the lawn! The greenhouses are snugged down for the night and the sun is going down in flames. It all looks very pretty but my golly, it's cold! It went only to -2C last night but the wind made it seem much colder. I'm so glad we still have wooden fascia boards and eaves etc. so the birds have somewhere to tuck in! -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Perennials & shrubs online Lovely and white this morning in Bristol. I've taken pictures of my garden front and back. |
It's snowing!
Sacha wrote:
Childishly, I'm really hoping the heavens open, though right now it's very clear and cold. *I've asked everyone to keep clear of the big lawn so that I can go down one of the side paths to the very bottom of the garden and come up to it that way, leaving a pristine surface. *That said, we probably won't get one more flake! *;-) There was just a light dusting overnight here and when the winds changed to the South West during the morning, all the snow disappeared. Considering I normally loathe cold weather and have never been pleased to see snow, I felt strangely cheated! North and mid Devon were clobbered as well as parts of Cornwall, but a thin sliver of the south coast escaped, which is either good or bad depending upon your point of view. Overnight rain and a min of 4C means that Wednesday is dawning a typical late winter's day for us. Any losses in your garden, David, or has everything come through intact? To be honest I've not looked much to see if there's been any damage this winter. It won't make any difference now, so there's no point in me worrying about losses. The only thing I can make out is that the utterly obnoxious Senecio mikanioides, which is worse than any bindweed imaginable, appears to have taken a very hard knock and that is a very welcome consequence of the cold. Fingers crossed that all local outbreaks of this have been killed or at least severely damaged. To think this was a popular pot-plant at one stage! I don't believe in giving additional protection and it will be interesting to see just how much comes through. In terms of absolute temperatures, it's not been that cold here with -3C being the worst. However, the duration of cold is often more damaging than a sub-zero plunge and during the last cold spate we had day after day of temperatures not moving out of the -1C to 2C band - and that could have finished some of the more tender plants off. Taking the glass half-full approach, I look upon this as an opportunity to try something different - including that white form of Hardenbergia violacea! Those Acacias at the front of the house whose name I always forget, is looking very, very sad The big Acacia on the coast road between Torquay and Paignton has come through well and the flower buds are just breaking. The various Acacia baileyanas around town have been in flower for a while so this cold winter has done little to delay flowering, With daffs well advanced and Crocus showing their buds, we only need a few mild days for the spring show to start. |
It's snowing!
On 4/2/09 08:10, in article
, "Dave Poole" wrote: Sacha wrote: Childishly, I'm really hoping the heavens open, though right now it's very clear and cold. *I've asked everyone to keep clear of the big lawn so that I can go down one of the side paths to the very bottom of the garden and come up to it that way, leaving a pristine surface. *That said, we probably won't get one more flake! *;-) There was just a light dusting overnight here and when the winds changed to the South West during the morning, all the snow disappeared. Considering I normally loathe cold weather and have never been pleased to see snow, I felt strangely cheated! North and mid Devon were clobbered as well as parts of Cornwall, but a thin sliver of the south coast escaped, which is either good or bad depending upon your point of view. Overnight rain and a min of 4C means that Wednesday is dawning a typical late winter's day for us. The wind went round to the SW yesterday and the thaw started almost immediately. There are a few tiny pockets of snow or ice left here and there but no more than that. A couple of the paths are still a bit slippery but it's going fast and now a slight breeze has got up which should help the process. The danger now will be water running down the lanes and making them very wet! Any losses in your garden, David, or has everything come through intact? To be honest I've not looked much to see if there's been any damage this winter. It won't make any difference now, so there's no point in me worrying about losses. The only thing I can make out is that the utterly obnoxious Senecio mikanioides, which is worse than any bindweed imaginable, appears to have taken a very hard knock and that is a very welcome consequence of the cold. Fingers crossed that all local outbreaks of this have been killed or at least severely damaged. To think this was a popular pot-plant at one stage! Normally I love yellow, it's my favourite colour. But this is such an eggy yellow that I can't love it. Ray found it at a show, having lost it some years ago and customers do like it but it's just not my thing. I don't believe in giving additional protection and it will be interesting to see just how much comes through. In terms of absolute temperatures, it's not been that cold here with -3C being the worst. However, the duration of cold is often more damaging than a sub-zero plunge and during the last cold spate we had day after day of temperatures not moving out of the -1C to 2C band - and that could have finished some of the more tender plants off. Taking the glass half-full approach, I look upon this as an opportunity to try something different - including that white form of Hardenbergia violacea! Ah now, you're talking. That really is a beauty. Those Acacias at the front of the house whose name I always forget, is looking very, very sad The big Acacia on the coast road between Torquay and Paignton has come through well and the flower buds are just breaking. The various Acacia baileyanas around town have been in flower for a while so this cold winter has done little to delay flowering, With daffs well advanced and Crocus showing their buds, we only need a few mild days for the spring show to start. The air is certainly softer and warmer today and that biting cold has gone, thank goodness. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon Perennials & shrubs online |
It's snowing!
The message
from Dave Poole contains these words: The big Acacia on the coast road between Torquay and Paignton has come through well and the flower buds are just breaking. The various Acacia baileyanas around town have been in flower for a while so this cold winter has done little to delay flowering, With daffs well advanced and Crocus showing their buds, we only need a few mild days for the spring show to start. My blueberry thinks it's spring, and a tree paeony which I meant to take to my sister for Chrimble is about to burst into flower. My fault for leaving it in its pot, inside. Too cold to put it out to grass. Ah well, must pot it on FTTB... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
It's snowing!
The message
from Sacha contains these words: The air is certainly softer and warmer today and that biting cold has gone, thank goodness. There's always tomorrow. And tomorrow. And tomorrow. (As opposed to maņana) -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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