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 … Continue reading
11 March 2025
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11 May 2024
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Raspberries and Currants
Today was a hot one so I waited until the relative cool of the evening to head up to the allotment and plant out some raspberry and currant bushes that we propagated earlier this year. Checking on the forecast, tomorrow … Continue reading
7 May 2024
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What was the weather like?
Most of the time when I look up weather information online, I’m after what the weather might be tomorrow or in a few days time. However, on days like today when I’ve just got back from a short holiday, I’m … Continue reading
27 April 2021
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An early delivery
It was a (wonderful) surprise this afternoon to take delivery of two water butts I ordered last week. Evengreener, who I ordered them from, indicated that demand was high and it might take up to four weeks for the order … Continue reading
6 August 2019
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Pot Too Small?
I think my Jerusalem artichokes are probably in a pot that is too small for them – when I get in after work on a hot day, they are often visibly wilting. That said, it is remarkable how turgidity is … Continue reading
27 July 2019
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After the Rain
My metric of good weather is rather selfish and very garden centric: I enjoy warm, sunny weather as long as I’ve got a decent supply of rainwater in my water butts and dustbins. After the intense temperatures earlier this week, … Continue reading
12 June 2019
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Watering in the Rain
When I got in this evening, it was raining hard so I set about watering the garden. What? The last couple of weeks apart, it has been a fairly dry year this year so I’m keen to keep as much … Continue reading
7 June 2019
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Fill ’em up
Today has been pretty wet – rain most of the day, some times getting towards torrential. I know it is the first time we’ve had a decent wet day for a while because the water butts at the front had … Continue reading
10 August 2018
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In for a soaking
It looks like Oxford stands a good chance of a solid soaking later this morning. All I can say is hurrah! While dull, gray summers aren’t much fun this year’s blue skies have gone on for too long at a … Continue reading
14 May 2015
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At Least the Garden is Watered
After a few days away, we drove back today through rain, rain and yet more rain. Positively peridiluvial! Still, at least that means the garden has had a thorough watering and the water butts are full. Fortunately, although we enjoyed … Continue reading