When I last looked a couple of days ago the forecasts didn’t suggest we would be getting any frosts over the next few days. However, I noticed this morning that had changed and a frost was now forecast for Thursday morning.
I usually sow our tomato seeds at the beginning of April. This year was no different as I sowed our seeds on 08 April. We don’t have any heating at all in our greenhouse so in order to get quick germination the seeds are placed under a growlight situated in a spare room indoors.
We had some lovely mild sunny days towards the end of March giving us the warmest day of the year so far as the temperature reached 19.7°C or 67.5°F. However, it was just to fool us into thinking that spring had arrived as this week winter has certainly returned with cold frosty nights and snow showers by day.
This blog records the local weather details near to my allotment plot in Wakefield. The details are gathered from a weather station which I set up in my garden during October 2009. Click here to read about set up.
Records of temperature, rainfall and wind speeds will be posted as recorded. A summary is posted each month on our website click here to view.
Click any chart image to view at 100%. Click on the magnifying glass to magnify and use the mouse to move the image.
December in pictures
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60103 Flying Scotsman with The Yorkshireman
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Season's greetings
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A line or two to say hello and wish you the very best the season has to
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I have been working hard here, nose t...
Full Of Beans
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Cherokee Trail of Tears
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Greek Gigante Soup Beans
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In full flush 9th August
Starting out June 1st
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April hedgehog visitors & videos
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April 2022 has been, to date, THE best hedgehog watching via the garden
cameras in all my time blogging! What a very special gardenwatching month
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Solstice Blessings, Happy New Year
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Despite the doom, gloom, mess and chaos caused by upright bipeds, The Wheel
continues to turn and once again we reach Winter Solstice. Blessings to you
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70013 Oliver Cromwell - Photo review
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As National Railway Museum owned 70013 approaches the end of its current
boiler certificate and as we celebrate fifty years since the last steam
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Spring In Progress
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It was time! The two raised beds, where we overwinter or start our early
crops, were rotting. Seven years..who would have thought they would last
that lo...
Apple Harvesting
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It's almost apple harvesting time, and this is a very exciting year for me! I
have a bumper crop of 43 apples!
Six years ago I bought a self pollinating ...
Colour In December
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In 2013, I followed the late Geoff Hamilton's advice, visiting a nursery or
garden centre each month of the year and purchasing a plant which was in
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Brassicas, Sun & Raspberries.
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It’s been great having a bit of time off work especially that the weather
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