As a gardener, I try to keep my eye on the weather. At this time of year, the question of whether we are going to have a hard enough frost to do damage to young and tender plants is at the front of my mind. With several days at the end of this week where temperatures will probably drop to or below freezing, I think I might make time tomorrow or Thursday to pop up to the allotment to cover a few things up again.

While I’m there, I might need to think about watering too. Although it has felt more wintry for the past couple of days, it still hasn’t rained and the upper levels of the soil are getting quite dry. Some rain is possible, even overnight or tomorrow afternoon but I’m not sure we are going to get a really good drenching so some of my less well rooted plants might want some moisture too.