Monday morning got off to a fine start with some sunny periods and feeling quite warm. By lunchtime all that changed as dark thunderclouds started to develop resulting in some heavy afternoon showers. The rainfall amount didn't come to anything like Sunday's downpour and amounted to 2.2 mm.
I was fairly sure that in previous years we had already started picking plums by the time August came around. However, our plums were off to a bad start this year due to the very cold spring and they haven't recovered. Looking back in 2011 we picked our first plums on 24 July.
Your 2011 harvest looks amazing. I hope this will end up a good year for your fruits. We still have the heat in NI although some rain showers in between.
I don't think we'll do as well this year as 2011 which was a fantastic year for our plums. The weather here's very pleasant most of the time it's just that by the late afternoon early evening the thunderstorms and heavy rain arrive.
It's really reassuring that your plumb trees are behaving the same as our solitary tree. Better than last year, but not a bumper crop. I recall flouring was over in a trice during cold wet weather and wondered whether we would get any at all.
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Your 2011 harvest looks amazing. I hope this will end up a good year for your fruits. We still have the heat in NI although some rain showers in between.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we'll do as well this year as 2011 which was a fantastic year for our plums. The weather here's very pleasant most of the time it's just that by the late afternoon early evening the thunderstorms and heavy rain arrive.
DeleteIt's really reassuring that your plumb trees are behaving the same as our solitary tree. Better than last year, but not a bumper crop. I recall flouring was over in a trice during cold wet weather and wondered whether we would get any at all.
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