Weather

dizziblonde

Been utterly gorgeous here - made more gorgeous by me only working the morning and having the afternoon off muahahahhahahahahha

misskool

have just checked the weather forecast and it's going to drop very quickly tomorrow and Tuesday night, cover all your tender plants!!

Might be a slight frost too in some places I presume. it's not over yet

soupdragon10

Been glorious here in Cornwall. Sunny and warm all day. Still getting very chilly late evening and early morning, so not putting any of the tender plants out yet without really good overnight protection.

lostinrates

misskool wrote: »

I know. I want a bit of rain now as it's absolutely back breaking to clear even just a little bit

we really feel the difference moving from what has been gardened before and what hasn't.....the good news is I have proof that the clay and and will become loamy in future years given enough of an ingredient we have lots of . The difference where its been cultivated in past years is tremendous, really impressive. The ground elder likes it all the same though!

Lotus-eater

lostinrates wrote: »

The difference where its been cultivated in past years is tremendous, really impressive. The ground elder likes it all the same though!

Yes, but the difference in actually being able to remove said devil weed/salad leaf, is apparent when one comes to pull it out of the ground. With well worked soil, it becomes a joy, with baked clay, a finger busting nightmare

I love my well worked soil, even couch grass roots come out with a gentle tug, the other clay bits get sheets of cardboard with a brick on top

lostinrates

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Yes, but the difference in actually being able to remove said devil weed/salad leaf, is apparent when one comes to pull it out of the ground. With well worked soil, it becomes a joy, with baked clay, a finger busting nightmare

I love my well worked soil, even couch grass roots come out with a gentle tug, the other clay bits get sheets of cardboard with a brick on top

Yep, we're still moving carpet and cardboard along, and I had to explain to someone today I was NOT watering weeds, I was watering the ground weeds were in so we could weed....

misskool

lostinrates wrote: »

Yep, we're still moving carpet and cardboard along, and I had to explain to someone today I was NOT watering weeds, I was watering the ground weeds were in so we could weed....

:rotfl::rotfl:
I was going to water the bit of ground we haven't dug so we can dig it but we're due rain on tuesday so hope the rain doesn't bounce of it.

Eventually, we're making raised beds, only been thinking about it for 2.5 years

stumpycat

It's ridiculous! 18 degrees Celsius here; plants going mad, cat with winter coat suffering and my freckles have appeared! :eek:

It'll be snowing next week, so everything's staying in the greenhouse & I'm not shedding my bear-like winter layers yet!

[Deleted User]

I am having to water loads of seedlings and the waterbutts are nearly empty. What happened to our gentle april showers, how I miss the sprinkling of rain followed by sunshine. I like the sun for personal sitting out etc but it`s bloomin hard on the plant propagation scene

We are going to set up a row of 3 more waterbutts and they have been ordered. We have only been here for 10 months and it was scorching last year too. We are a micro climate in a micro climate ie hot and very dry

Fleeces all at the ready for this week thoiugh

lostinrates

Well the weather is about to break here I think. Its not cold, infact its warm still for spring, but I'm back in a jumper. This weekend saw me get more tanned than I have in the last decade. Worried about the fruit on the trees .....its not too late for a frost to come and zap it all.