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Already today some gorgeous sunshine and a little sleety rain. It's a bit breezy and feels brrrr!

What's it like with you?

Only 9C, for the most part sunny with clouds bubbling up but fast disappearing, so still no rain - and a strong, icy north east wind! It's blowing the apple tree blossom down like confetti! Luckily, masses of fruit has set, so fingers crossed for a good harvest after last year's failure.

No appreciable rain in the forecast and only two more nights of seriously low temperatures, so I'm hoping to get some stuff planted out at the weekend - with protection, of course!

Tricia 

Same here, sunny with white fluffy bits  but a bitter cold wind Boo hoo!

Lovely in the greenhouse though, so I've been doing some potting-on :) 

I'll be glad when I can stop bringing everything into the warm at night though, tis a real pain in the wotsit!

Changeable. Sunny spells where it's lovely and warm interspersed with clouds and cold wind, and we've had a couple of tiny little sleety showers.

I keep taking my hoody on and off while I'm weeding!

Went out in the orchard for my early morning coffee and sat in the shade. I wondered what all the fuss is about. Then I went out later but had to nip home quick and change from my shorts and T shirt into something a bit warmer.

Went to bed last night garden was covered in a light dusting of snow, and brass monkeys come to mind with the temperature.

This was my Camellia yesterday:



This was it this morning:



Tulips have stood up to it quite well:

Lovely sunshine here this morning and warm if you can get out of the wind.  My no 1 plot was well out of the wind and I was sun bathing.  (Woolly hat, two fleeces).  Then it started to rain, and finally, snow, sleet and hail.  The entire works in about 10 minutes.
We really need some real rain.

Such a shame for your camellia TeeGeE.  Is it possible to throw a piece of fleece over the flowers.

Quotesuch a shame for your camellia TeeGee.  Is it possible to throw a piece of fleece over the flowers.

Yes it is but if the fleece is touching the flowers as opposed the the foliage the petals still become shriveled, plus it is too much hassle!

To be quite honest I quite like the bi-coloured effect that the frosted blooms give alongside the flowers that were not affected.

Or could it just be that I am getting a bit "idle" in my old age? 

here on the sunshine coast no frost last night today saw a  high of 14 its a clear sky at the mo so maybe a touch of frost in the morning took a pic of my whites currants in the sunshine

We had a heavy hail shower yesterday evening, still a few little patches laying around this morning.

Light frost overnight and a really beautiful sunny morning 
Everything seems fine in the greenhouse, tucked up under fleece overnight,
The wind from yesterday has gone leaving a very light breeze, it feels cold this morning but better than yesterday when it was very chilly with the breeze.

TG, sorry about your beautiful Camellia flowers.

Three spuds hit, all the volunteers thriving, all the first earlies thriving  6 salad spuds planted to give them a try out 3 got hit with the cold. I had forgotten I had planted them in a corner.  the second earlies and main crop are yet to pop through. Back to springtime again today, no wind, blue skies and sunshine.

Lucky you 

Grass frost again overnight and gloomy think grey clouds so far today. A lightish breeze and feels on the cold side. A few specks of rain but nothing to get excited about.

light frost this morning and a nagging breeze so done a bit in the pumpkin house

-2.1C last night and at last a tiny shower, but faint drizzle rather than rain and it has all stopped again.  Pretty fresh out and sharp breeze too. 

London has been cold but no frosts and it is starting to pick up a bit temperature wise.  It has been bloody miserable over the last few days though..
It has actually rained!  It's not exactly stair rods out there but nice to know the plot has got a bit of a watering prior to what will be a planting out weekend.

Milder today, but it is quite blustery so feels cold in the wind. Cloudy so far and rain forecast for midday onwards. The ground could certainly to with a drop or two!

Raining at last! Proper, heavy stuff filling the water buts and soaking the ground.

Rain ! At last ...after nearly a whole month of no rain..so much for April showers ! I did a little rain dance  for joy....and then we noticed that one of the greenhouse windows has slipped ......sigh ....  :(   Debbie   Cornwall

 Finally some of the wet stuff . Steady for three hours but now the skies are brightening so just have to be thankful that the water butts now have some water in them - and the ground will be perfect for some more planting out during the week.

Tricia 

Cool and a bit overcast today so watching the Tour de Yorkshire on telly

Turn your telly on and to see my neck of the woods.

Race will be coming through our village (Honley / Holmfirth )  in about an hour