It has been a few days now since we had any reasonable weather even allowing for it being the middle of October. It's been a week since we visited the plot so if we're not careful we'll be getting a tidy up letter from the council.
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| Temperature & Rainfall Records for Week Commencing 10 October 2016 |
Since last Monday when we visited the plot in the rain we've had more rain each day. Oddly though it's been one of the driest starts to October we've had in the last seven years with 22.8mm or 0.9ins. We didn't have much rain on Friday and Saturday but the weather wasn't very conducive to doing any gardening. Between any showers it's been cloudy with only a few brief sunny spells resulting only 4.4 hours of sunshine all week. A mild September has spoilt us especially moving straight into a coolish October. Perhaps the weather will improve next week. Tidying up the plot has gone on hold this week bringing all our wonderful plans to a grinding halt.
We did manage to pick a few tomatoes and some salad leaves from our raised bed at home for our lunchtime sandwiches .
We might manage another week with our home grown tomatoes before we have to move on to less tasty mass produced fruits. It's been very nice to have tasty tomatoes for a few months.
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its hardly surprising that its been a week, like me you probably prefer in the more clement days to be about and about with your camera, more rewarding than weeding? I would say so
ReplyDeleteI leave the weeding to Sue to save up all my strength to do the digging.
DeleteThe weather here is moving towards wet season too!
ReplyDeleteHome grown tomatoes and other vegetables are the best! We can't get the taste in store bought one! I agree!
We don't really have wet and dry seasons. Summer can be wetter than winter we never really know. We can have a wet or dry spell of weather at any time of the year.
DeleteGardening is very weather related, over here garden is neglected when its too hot and when its too wet.....
ReplyDeleteSame here except it is hardly ever because it is too hot!
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