The weather this month has certainly been confusing. Early last week the temperature fell to around freezing, cold enough to nip some of the dahlia leaves.
Some of the leaves had been turned brown but the plants weren't completely frosted and we still had some flowers to pick.
Then Friday saw the arrival and departure of storm Callum which brought us some windy weather but very little rain. Saturday saw another weather system bring heavy rain overnight Friday into Saturday before more windy weather arrived through Saturday. Although it wasn't much of a day for being out and about on Saturday it was a noteworthy day for its record high temperature this late into October. The temperature reached 22.6°C (72.7°F) with an average for the day of 18.7°C (65.7°F) also a record high this late into the month.
The windiest day this month here was the 02 October with a peak wind gust of 28mph compared with 20mph and 25 mph respectively for Friday and Saturday.
It's raining steadily on Sunday morning so I don't think we'll be visiting the plot today. We did manage a visit last week to trim back our apple hedge which had got a little bit out of control and needed attention as shown in the video below.
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Glad to see that you have had a decent return on the carrot front this year. Our crab apple at home is due for a severe pruning back this year - just as soon as the birds have stripped it of fruit.
ReplyDeleteOur crab apple had masses of fruit this year but most of it has been blown off by the gale force winds. I might buy a bale of straw and give the carrots some winter protection in the two other varieties have performed as well as Early Market.
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