Friday 30 January 2009

No I never ever ever do a thing about the weather, because the weather never ever does a thing for me.

Being English, I have a mild obsession with the weather. Have to say that I'm at odds as to what we can expect here for the next ten days.

On the weather front. One update, you are looking at two weeks of sunshine and cold but wind free days. (My favourite digging conditions) then on the very next forecast it changed to snow starting on Sunday which will drag and continue into the end of next week.

So you cross check this with the internet sites such as uk.weather, the BBC and weather.com to find that between them it says it might be sunny, or it could rain, or we may have snow, or just overcast with some fog. We have French television in our house so I also watch the Tv1's "Meteo" to gauge the weather in Calais, which is often more accurate than the UK forecasts for some reason.

Saturday seems to be the best shot for some decent digging weather. The rest of the week will be a rainy, sunny, snowy, foggy, dry, damp, windy, calm, bitter, mild one.

So wrap up warm, don’t forget the sun cream for the sunny bits, Chap Stick for the snowy/frosty bits and a torch to find your way home in the fog. Incredible!

3 comments:

  1. LOL! You're right there! I find the best and most reliable way to predict the weather is to wake up in the morning and look out of the window!! Happy digging, if you get the chance. Take care Tatty

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  2. As long as I get a couple of hours in tomorrow it will keep me going.

    I'm never going to get all this done.

    Dig over rest of new plot.
    Make triple compost bins
    Make another Leaf Mould storage
    garden bench for plot
    Manure and Rotivate plots
    Finish Greenhouse
    Buy and assemble staging
    Dig out Small Tree Bush
    Buy potting compost
    Wash all plastic pots and growing tubs
    Weed onion bed
    Buy Potato Seed and chit
    Cover paths on plot 2 and mulch with chippings
    Sell Lawnmower
    Repair Rotivator
    Rip up and bag Newspapers
    Replace Roof Felt on Shed
    Paint Raised Beds
    Repair corner raised bed
    Mark out plot properly
    Make Cloches and raised bed covers
    Buy fertilisers
    Buy Slug pellets
    Plan 2009 planting logistics with rotation in mind

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  3. I am exhausted after reading your list of to do!Weather here is wet and wet and wet!Even if it dries up for a day or two the ground is so sodden there wont be any digging done.

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