Will this flamin' weather ever end?

[bennettsleg]

Just checked the weather reports for the next week on: http://www.met-office.gov.uk/weather/europe/uk/uk.html

Hertfordshire area: -1C on Monday night.  All those seed trays are going to clutter up the kitchen again and resume their wonky growing ways.

Check out your area - just in case.  Would hate everyone's hard work & patience to be killed off.

[bennettsleg]

[supersprout]

Metcheck agrees - and has fetching pics of snow and blizzards next week too :-[ :'(  Maybe the fleece will go on patooties and seedbed this weekend after all ::)

[sarah]

Its maddening. Its driving me craaazy. My little brassicas are so leggy and my tatties are threatening to grow leaves.  It'll come right on the end though,must have patience.  My spare room is heaving with stuff, am considering relocating my allotment there.

[bennettsleg]

my tatties are threatening to grow leaves. 

Mine already are! Was going to plant them this weekend. Will they be alright underground? I'm loathe to leave them out longer or they'll start growing the new spuds in thin air!

[busy_lizzie]

Same here on the North East coast.  Horrible drizzly day today and Spring although made a slight appearance for a few days this week, we still seem to be struggling.  This time last year my potatoes were in and we had done so much more on the plot. busy_lizzie

[Amazin]

According to Metcheck, Central London's going to be -2 on Tuesday night and -3 on Wednesday night.

[Roy Bham UK]

Most of my plastic seed labels I kept from last year have April dates on them so what is all the fuss about ::) relax it's only a commercial, ;D  I'm thinking about sowing seeds next weekend.

Although I hope April stays warm ;D

[Hyacinth]

Most of my plastic seed labels I kept from last year have April dates on them so what is all the fuss about ::) relax it's only a commercial, ;D 

Agreed, Roy, it's true! But oh! somehow this winter's seemed sooooooo long somehow.......the last few weeks of bitterly cold weather has seemed to go on forever.

Still, I really hope I can get things moving in the garden this w/end - at least my 'early' potatoes in????? Please???

[grawrc]

I think it's because they said it was going to be an awful winter, we braced ourselves and nothing happened. Then about mid January it began to deteriorate.

[RSJK]

Well I think this winter as just been how they used to be about 20 to 30 years ago, then we could expect frosts until the end of May, and it was all ways sods law when you could get onto the ground to plant it.

  Must be global WARMING

[grawrc]

Come on Richard ! none of us had heard of global warming 30 years ago! ::)

[tim]

Do go steady with putting eveything out just because the sun is shining.

Just look at Wednesday! (Cotswolds)

[MrsKP]

Ridiculous weather.  It's snowing now on a Sun day too !

:o

[grawrc]

I was planting asparagus crowns in a tshirt earlier, then came home to snow.

[lorna]

Crikey Mrs KP. Snow???? This morning we had bright blue skies and lots of sunshine but was quite a cold wind. Then about an hour ago we had big hailstones for about 20mins, just overcast now..BTW we have only had one day when it snowed and that didn't settle much.
Regards Lorna

[supersprout]

Bet they looked cute in that t shirt, awww ;D

[grawrc]

Kind of.. ;D ;D

[RSJK]

Great morning here got 3 rows of lettuce sown and half a dozen rows of spring onions, came home for dinner and to spend the rest of the day in my garden at home ( wife says its beginning to look like steptoes yard) and not been able to do a thing rain and hail all afternoon.

[MrsKP]

that's what i thought Lorna.  first of all i thought i had a bad case of dandruff as i was digging the flower bed  ;D

we had bright sun this morning as well and yesterday the mini-greenhouse reached over 30 degrees.  :o

the weather's just being silly now!

;D


Edit:  the sun is back with a vengence now and the roof of the shed is steaming !  I've seen it all now.   ;D

[Curryandchips]

I visited the plot this afternoon in order to plant my last row of desiree, and a row of salsify. It started raining which didnt really bother me, then got a lot colder, and the rain turned to hail. My hands became numb, it was that cold. I finished my tasks and returned home, taking my tray of cape gooseberries with me as they look very glum.