Weather early 2009

[WimB]

That's Wim Vanhoutte, who's a big Snowdrop collector too.

[mark smyth]

Yes that's him. He hasnt been about in the forum for long time

[Luc Gilgemyn]

30km and you have never met!?

There's no cheap flights between Wim's and my place Mark !! 
Goes to show that this Forum does bring people together - before Wim posted here (not so long ago) I didn't know of his existence.  Now at least we'll be able to set something up.

I'm not going to the Snowdrop gala at Cathy Portier's Wim - we'll have to work something out sometime in Spring when there's something to be seen in the garden. 

[Anthony Darby]

Back to the weather. Mild here this morning, but 20 miles down the road it was -2^oC at 8.40 a.m. Yesterday, on my way home, I had to run the gauntlet of passing not one, but two active gritters on the M9 at 4.05 p.m.. The outside temperature was +5^oC!

[Carol Shaw]

Temperature went below freezing last night, in spite of met office saying it wouldn't. David has taken fleece off plants in alpine house and in the bulb house... Given that I had to chuck three house plants in the front porch which had died because of the frost I do wonder it our plants and bulbs have survived - oh well there is nothing I can do to make a difference so I'll just have to wait and see 

[LarsB]

Like every year I have some new experiments in the garden, this year some Serapias lingua.

Well, Lars, you have just suggested your Forum title to me  : Lars..... The Fearless One  !! 

It's very easy to be fearless on behalf of plants. For some strange reason i'm a lot more interested in the plants I'm told i can't grow than the ones i have proven i can grow. So, if i can grow something under glass and there is a remote chance it could survive in the garden, I have to try. I can name quite a few plants that i have proven isn't hardy, but i have sucesses, too.

Kind regards

Lars - the fearless one 

[Lvandelft]

This morning about 9 h. we had still -9 C., but very clear weather, without wind!
Here some plant pictures and one made in the afternoon behind our house.

Aster           
Daphne             
Garden             
Miscanthus             
Pinus 1
Pinus 2                   
Veratrum                 
Magnolia
Skating

[Maggi Young]

So many people skating - That ice must be quite strong 

[Michael J Campbell]

It is just like summer here today,9c with rain at times.

[Maggi Young]

It is just like summer here today,9c with rain at times.

Well, 9 degrees with rain at times DOES describe most of OUR summers pretty well, I grant you that!

 We had about 4 degrees today, damp and pretty windy. It was down to minus 12 last night. Raining now so perhaps it will stay warmer... or perhaps it'll freeze later

[David Nicholson]

We are likely to have some frost tonight but tomorrow's forecast is for afternoon temperature approaching 10C with rain coming in for Monday until at least Wednesday. In the 20 years we have lived in Devon we have never had as much frost as we have had this week. Rarely does the ground freeze as hard as it has been this week, and never before have I had 4 degrees of frost in the greenhouse.

[Lvandelft]

After a night with -10 again, it was all day about -3 C.
As it was a free day there were much more skaters and they had a wonderful
time because almost no wind and sunny.
Here some pics. of today.

[Carol Shaw]

I remember the skaters on the canals in Germany when we visited our son one winter - even the little children were good skaters... we watched from the sidelines so as not to totally embarrass ourselves

[derekb]

I am not sure if I should put this photo here or on the Orchid page but this was taken at 3.30 on Saturday afternoon and after 2or 3 nights at minus 8 I have found out that Disa are not as tender as people say, as I was getting so many I decided to move them to the Tomatoe house after they had finished not expecting so bad frosts it was not lined so they had to put up with fleece and one layer of Weed suppressent fabric with an old soil warming cable hanging under the bench. The temperature went down to minus 3 but the plants are fine, I will not try the same next year.

[Maggi Young]

Oh, my, Derek, that was a risky business..... I hope that you don't get any colder weather.....