It's got colder as the week has progressed with Friday turning out to be the coldest day of winter so far with the temperature only making it up to a high of 2.9°C or 37.2°F. For much of the day, the temperature remained below freezing resulting in an average temperature of -0.1°C or 31.8°F, the first time this winter the day's average temperature has been below freezing.
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| Temperature Records for Friday, 14 December 2018 |
We only had one visit to the allotment last week. We needed some fresh vegetables and I thought I'd see if I could get some new posts erected for our raspberries.
The row of raspberry canes is along the boundary between our plot and our neighbours.
The old posts snapped last summer and needed to be replaced ready for this year's canes to be tied into them. The old posts had completely rotted through at soil level and most of the canes were supported by the wires threaded through the posts rather than the posts providing support for the wires.
The ground was fairly soft after the recent rain and the new posts were easily hammered into the ground. Holes were drilled through the posts and the old wire was re-threaded through the new supports.
The raspberries didn't enjoy last summer's hot dry weather and only produced some rather feeble looking canes to carry this year's crop. At least they can be tied to some decent supports.
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Brrr ... how can you make your cold fingers tie anything at this temperature?
ReplyDeleteAfter using a sledge hammer to knock in six posts I felt pretty warm. I tend to keep some gloves on as well but obviously not when I'm tying in raspberry canes. Probably wont get much warmer until march time!
DeleteDrill through the posts and avoid all that nonsense with those eyes. I like it!
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