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Cold night ahead?
It's been another lovely sunset, though not as spectacular as last
night's. But from a very clear, cold sky we are now seeing the arrival of some very dark clouds, apparently from two different directions! One layer - the blackest - is well below the other. Apparently it was 4C here early this morning. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
Cold night ahead?
On 2013-11-08 17:24:23 +0000, Roger Tonkin said:
In article , says... It's been another lovely sunset, though not as spectacular as last night's. But from a very clear, cold sky we are now seeing the arrival of some very dark clouds, apparently from two different directions! One layer - the blackest - is well below the other. Apparently it was 4C here early this morning. Sitting here I can see a lovely clear cresent (plus a bit) moon in the sky with no clouds near by (too dark to see further) Temp was down to 5 when I put the car away at 4.00pm. Had pouring rain all day, so dry and cold is welcome here (inside the house!) Well, dry inside the house is always good. We're having a "can't make its mind up evening". The black cloud dumped a lot of rain and wind and moved away and clear, crisp sky returned. Now it's pitch dark and very still. Later, I'll look for stars and shiver! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
Cold night ahead?
On 2013-11-08 19:19:21 +0000, Jake said:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 17:58:50 +0000, Sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 17:24:23 +0000, Roger Tonkin said: In article , says... It's been another lovely sunset, though not as spectacular as last night's. But from a very clear, cold sky we are now seeing the arrival of some very dark clouds, apparently from two different directions! One layer - the blackest - is well below the other. Apparently it was 4C here early this morning. Sitting here I can see a lovely clear cresent (plus a bit) moon in the sky with no clouds near by (too dark to see further) Temp was down to 5 when I put the car away at 4.00pm. Had pouring rain all day, so dry and cold is welcome here (inside the house!) Well, dry inside the house is always good. We're having a "can't make its mind up evening". The black cloud dumped a lot of rain and wind and moved away and clear, crisp sky returned. Now it's pitch dark and very still. Later, I'll look for stars and shiver! Well, I suppose the plus-point of a touch of frost will be that it'll finally kill off the summer bedding and give me an excuse to lift it and get the spring stuff in the ground! Will be an almost welcome change from dead-heading geraniums in November! There's a certain charming perversity in that, Jake! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon |
Cold night ahead?
On 2013-11-14 11:13:12 +0000, Jake said:
On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 19:24:44 +0000, sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 19:19:21 +0000, Jake said: Well, I suppose the plus-point of a touch of frost will be that it'll finally kill off the summer bedding and give me an excuse to lift it and get the spring stuff in the ground! Will be an almost welcome change from dead-heading geraniums in November! There's a certain charming perversity in that, Jake! Well, despite the forecasts. here I am a week later, still deadheading geraniums, picking the odd strawberry and unable to steel myself to lift a bed of begonias that are still flowering their little socks off. OTOH, the spring bedding, which is in an unheated greenhouse, has stopped growing so will probably stand the delay. Cold last night but no frost and a little rain. But it's blue, bright and breezy now. I see the forecast is for very cold weather early next week. Yippee! ;-( -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon www.helpforheroes.org.uk |
Cold night ahead?
On 14/11/2013 11:34, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-14 11:13:12 +0000, Jake said: On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 19:24:44 +0000, sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 19:19:21 +0000, Jake said: Well, I suppose the plus-point of a touch of frost will be that it'll finally kill off the summer bedding and give me an excuse to lift it and get the spring stuff in the ground! Will be an almost welcome change from dead-heading geraniums in November! There's a certain charming perversity in that, Jake! Well, despite the forecasts. here I am a week later, still deadheading geraniums, picking the odd strawberry and unable to steel myself to lift a bed of begonias that are still flowering their little socks off. OTOH, the spring bedding, which is in an unheated greenhouse, has stopped growing so will probably stand the delay. Cold last night but no frost and a little rain. But it's blue, bright and breezy now. I see the forecast is for very cold weather early next week. Yippee! ;-( There's been a couple of ground frosts here so far - this night should see more of one, with clear skies, little wind, and air temperatures down to 2C - I'll have to see about moving the Abutilons indoors. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Cold night ahead?
On 14/11/2013 11:34, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-11-14 11:13:12 +0000, Jake said: On Fri, 8 Nov 2013 19:24:44 +0000, sacha wrote: On 2013-11-08 19:19:21 +0000, Jake said: Well, I suppose the plus-point of a touch of frost will be that it'll finally kill off the summer bedding and give me an excuse to lift it and get the spring stuff in the ground! Will be an almost welcome change from dead-heading geraniums in November! There's a certain charming perversity in that, Jake! Well, despite the forecasts. here I am a week later, still deadheading geraniums, picking the odd strawberry and unable to steel myself to lift a bed of begonias that are still flowering their little socks off. OTOH, the spring bedding, which is in an unheated greenhouse, has stopped growing so will probably stand the delay. Cold last night but no frost and a little rain. But it's blue, bright and breezy now. I see the forecast is for very cold weather early next week. Yippee! ;-( No thanks. The D. Imperialis and D. Tenuicaulis are both well budded and with luck will flower well if we don't get hard frosts. David |
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