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Perhaps you could be like Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Dottie - get yourself a polytunnel and use it to do a bit of sunbathing in the buff!  8)
AC

PS - Be alert for red ants, tho!   :o

i'm sure that we can find the odd acre or two to grow our veggie in at the bottom of our estates.Come on girls my bags are packed dont need much persuading after the torential rain of April and Up to now May.

Hahahaha, Would scare all my plants AC!
I suppose BB, we could have a vineyard, :) then we would be growing something!!  And maybe the acreage could have a polytunnel that we keep cold to grow our English type veg!! What we need is an  allotment commune! Ok, off to re pack my bags, sunscreen top of the list!  8)

- in the bit of green that's left, Richard? = Tim

Perhaps this spring is the time we should all be brushing up on hydroponics  ;D

Quote from: tim on May 09, 2004, 18:13:23
- in the bit of green that's left, Richard? = Tim

Plenty of it around here (at the moment) Tim!

Frosts passed?? Don't be conned by this weather!

This is the coddling for our first lot of beans. = Tim

After one or two 'hiccups' ie when i got too confident re: frost (mainly with border plants -  lost two established plants in the winter because i pruned them too early). I am now being super cautious with putting out half hardy plants, even though we havent had a sniff of frost for weeks (cold nights though).

I have to say that the last frost chart on "The Gardener" 's website is spot on. It says last frost end of april for my part of the country, and guess what? our last frost was well before that date!  ;D

Thanks 'Gardener' !   :)

It's the next one that I'm worried about, Richard!! = Tim

There will be no more frost in West Deeping-well I will be well miffed if there is as stuff is eventually going out.

Stephan.

Me too stephan, in spite of my earlier comments there is still a chance. Which would be devastating since I have little frost free space at present, and most of the stuff is out or nearly out (eg in an open cold frame)

Can't possibly be another frost in our part of Essex.  On the plot today the 'older chaps' have planted all of their marrow, toms, beans and corns, and they have been allotmenting there for over 20years!  Still, I am in no rush to get all of my squashes and toms out.....another week or 2 won't hurt.....

Was going to risk putting in my runner beans this evening (in Surrey) and did a quick 5 day forecast on the BBC weather page.  It gives a glorious week but there's an ominous 0 degrees in the minimum temperature column for Friday ... is it a warning for us all?  Rgds, Paul

2 degrees in Essex E-J :) fingers crossed as I put my corn &c. in yesterday -I wonder of Dyas stock fleece? I foolishly used mine to shade the greenhouse last year, no it isn't strong enough.

Still Friday is a long way off, half the time they can't tell you what it's going to do 4 hours later, never mind four days.

Jeremy

My tomato plants are crying out to be planted, they are growing in, 3 1/2" pots and are all about 18" tall! However i am being cautious and restraining from planting out for as long as possible. Dont want to tempt fate!

I was warned that the temperature was going to drop on Friday Jeremy, typical!  Glad I have not planted my squash and toms yet....but my beans  :'(  I may take some fleece up tomorrow and protect them as best I can.....problem is, I am away from Friday, not back until Sunday, so after tomorrow, I will not be back at the plot until Monday!  :'( :'(  At least the fleece won't do any harm.

BBC is often very ominous in the 4th or 5th day forecast  :D

I prefer www.weather.co.uk, although even they are predicting some low temps (for me in Kent over weekend as low as 4 - which toms etc might survive but I might just not risk it just in case!).  Dont panic yet :)

Alot at my place have set out beans, corn, tomatoes, etc.  They keep telling me there wont be no frost now.... they must know something I dont? lol

I have tomatoes, aubergines & basil planted out in the garden now, but am a little concerned about a forecast for a low of 2C on Friday. The fleece will be coming out.

I think give it a week and all my tomatoes, squash and beans will be hitting the allotment.

Oh good grief.....Its nearly JUNE !!! Why not just grow evrything in a green house !!!

Now why didn't I think of that -if in doubt get a different forecast  ;D

Online Weather have a low of 7 on Thurs and 5 on Fri. I feel much better.

I wonder which site the weather god prefers? The one that uses tea leaves or the one that uses goat guts?

Me I'm off to find a virgin to sacrifice -oops, forgot, I live in Essex  ???