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There is all this talk of early spring, late spring, early summer, late summer, early autumn, late autumn and winter which is great if you know what the books are talking about.

Can people on here give me some guidance as to 'roughly' when these catergories fall throughout the year. don't expect precise dates  ;)

i.e. is early spring feb or lae feb or is that still winter.

thanks guys.

this is my first year with an allotment!

According to my calendar this year winter begins on 21 December - how accurate that will be in terms of actual weather I have no idea! lol  ;D

Tricky one! My guesses would be (for here in the South):

Early Spring:  end of February to mid March
Late Spring:Mid April  to mid May
Early Summer: Mid May to end of June
Late Summer: early August to early September
Early Autumn: early September to early October
Late Autumn:  Late October to Mid November
Winter: Mid November to Late February


I think it's more a case of temperatures and what's happening in Nature around you than fixed dates (e.g. buds flowering, shoots coming up, leaves beginning to turn brown),  although some crops you just have to get on with, irrespective of conditions, to give them enough time to reach maturity - but I suppose those tend to be given specific planting/sowing dates.

i always took it to mean:

Dec - winter
Jan - winter
Feb - winter
march - early spring
April - spring
may - late spring
June - early summer
July - summer
Aug - later summer
Sept - early autumn
Oct - autumn
Nov late autumn (but i always found this month pretty ambiguous really ::))

but hey what do i know I'm from the West Indies where there are two seasons the wet and the dry ;).

Quote from: Barnowl on November 07, 2008, 14:52:26
Tricky one! My guesses would be (for here in the South):
I think it's more a case of temperatures and what's happening in Nature around you than fixed dates (e.g. buds flowering, shoots coming up, leaves beginning to turn brown),  although some crops you just have to get on with, irrespective of conditions, to give them enough time to reach maturity - but I suppose those tend to be given specific planting/sowing dates.

i think this make the most sense :D

Welcome to the Site Hampshiredude... growing up in the Pennines my seasonal diary is not really appropriate....
Spring, the last week in May
Summer a week either side of the Long School holiday
Autumn September
Winter... most of the bits inbetween!  ::)

I sowed some oriental leaves today which said to sow late summer to early autumn. Think I may be pushing it! :(

hiya, hampshiredude..welcome to the site  ;D
we tend to make our own minds up as the seasons change every year, we've already had a taste of winter in october  ;D

Quote from: posie on November 07, 2008, 14:11:38
According to my calendar this year winter begins on 21 December - how accurate that will be in terms of actual weather I have no idea! lol  ;D

21st is the shortest day plant your shallots  :)

It must be spring down south then as my bulbs have sprung already ;D

Seasons, do we still have them, I thought they were a thing of the past.                               ???      :-\    ;D ;D ;D

In Hartlepool we don't have the same season as everyone else we have
Jan - totally freezing and WINDY possibly snow
Feb - cold and WINDY possibly snow
march - cold and WINDY slight possibility of snow
April - cold and WINDY snow well you never know ???
may - cold and WINDY rains a lot
June - warmish and WINDY rains a lot
July - warm and WINDY rains a bit
august - warmer and WINDY (may be the odd hot day) rains a bit
September - cold  (may be the the odd hot or warm day)and WINDY rains a bit
October - cold and WINDY rains a lot
November - very cold and WINDY rains/hailstones a lot
December - freezing WINDY and chance of show but never on Christmas's day
I love the weather where I live ;)

Winter begins at the Winter solstice, ie 21st December.  Spring begins at the vernal equinox, roughly 21st March.  Summer begins at the summer solstice, ie 21st June.  Autumn begins at roughly the autumn equinox.  We are now in Autumn until the Winter solstice, then Winter begins again.

valmarg

and I thought "Vernal" was something else... a family history of Dyslexia...  :-[

So you have a few windy days then Trin, I think perhaps the ol monkey hangers have been eating too many JA's. :-[   :o     :-X       ;D ;D ;D