My pocket sized thermometer on the fence post
that Spring was with us, Winter returns with an unexpected minus five this morning.
At seven o’clock this morning, with the sun about to launch itself on the day, the temperature was -5.3 and falling! The first spring we were here we had a surprising -8 – from nowhere, no forecast warning us, and no Post Office tip to the wise (Dan is very good at snow warnings). That day we visited a plant nursery and they were very anxious about ruined stock.
Potato planting later today but first last night’s casualties need to recover.
And they will recover once the sun is properly up and about.
It takes two to shift this. “This” is a cider mill apple squashing/squishing/juice squeezing wheel.…
Nothing beats an early morning stroll around the garden. https://youtube.com/shorts/jE2BieGdtv4?si=k9thYfmJsd2nue3e
In the wild flower meadow nature has collapsed the daffodils overnight. Slowly, imperceptibly, the daffs…
A Sunday look at the (new) polytunnel. https://youtu.be/X6p4vtDWKS0?si=pYT71mJdimF9mMng
Arguably, the spelling could be correct as it was here last week, and it’s still…