Weather winter 2010/2011

[angie]

Hi John

Wow that's a lot of snow for down south. Will your palm be alright.

Some of my fish are over twenty years old and have gone through some tuff winters. I keep my filter running and this keeps the water from freezing over and also gives the birds somewhere to drink and have there bath, can you imagine bathing in that temperatures.

Hope all your plants will be ok.

Angie

[mark smyth]

I am Panu

[Panu]

Mark, using strong enough washer fluid And you donīt practically need washer, when itīs cold enough. Mild frosts are the worst, when the roads are salted. And to be honest, I have a solid block of ice in the other cars washer...

[Maggi Young]

The last 36 hours at our nursery in Lincolnshire have been utterly desperate. We had cleaned the poly tunnels yesterday morning and then from 10am till 3pm we had more than 10cm of snow, so the tunnels were again swept. From 5pm till 7pm another 10cm fell - for the next 3 hours the worst of the tunnels were again swept and during that process as i stood 10 metres away, our 40 metre netlon tunnel collapsed (see below) - only good news is that it was virtually empty.
Overnight we had another 20cm which resulted in another poly tunnel collapsing containing 6,000 plants (see two images), fortunately most look ok'ish. Today we have been thoroughly sweeping all of our tunnels and glasshouses. Suspect this won't be the end of the matter. And just for the record we now have 50cm of snow.

Oh Rob, that's tough for you. It just is hardly possible to keep up with the snow clearing when it is falling so fast.
I'm very sorry to  see this damage, which puts me in mind of the pictures I saw earlier in the year of Graham Nicholls' mangled glasshouses  fallen in the snow. 

[Peter Maguire]

That looks horrendous Rob, as if it wasn't hard enough running a nursery...
It's difficult to know when to clear the snow off the greenhouse, I was leaving a layer of snow as insulation until the other evening when I decided that 15cm of snow was putting the roof of the greenhouse at risk. Unfortunately brushing off left over a metre of snow on the pots standing on a sand band alongside; hopefully it will insulate those pots, as there are some arisaemas in there (somewhere) which won't enjoy being frozen.

[angie]

Maggi enjoyed seeing your snowy doggies on Ian's bulb log. Lily and Poppy seem to be happy in the snow.
It must be hard work for there wee legs in this deep snow.

Angie

[Rogan]

   ...all I can say is THANK GOODNESS I LIVE IN AFRICA !!

[mark smyth]

  ...all I can say is THANK GOODNESS I LIVE IN AFRICA !!

You're not the only one!

[mark smyth]

I've just been out looking for salt. DIY store has none, Tesco and Asda have none, builders yard has none and the road side bin is full of tiny black stone chippings

[angie]

I've just been out looking for salt. DIY store has none, Tesco and Asda have none, builders yard has none and the road side bin is full of tiny black stone chippings

Our pile of sand that the council delivered is nearly done. I haven't been out but my husband said he has seen people filling up bags and taking the sand away in there cars 

Angie

[KentGardener]

Rob - what a mess.  Very sorry to see that happen.  I've now been sweeping the snow off my lean-to (I didn't realise how heavy it could be!   )

Angie - that palm should be fine as it is tough as old boots - the more tender ones have been put under cover or indoors.

It has continued to snow here constantly (and doesn't look like stopping any time soon!).

Brutus is more cone head than egg head now!  The garden is slowly disappearing from sight!!!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Let us know if you need us to send planes to drop food supplies John !! 

[KentGardener]

Let us know if you need us to send planes to drop food supplies John !! 

Hi Luc

No need.... I've very much enjoyed dressing in super warm clothing and walking to the shops in the snow.    (over six times today already  )

[mark smyth]

A bit of red and or green and Brutus could be Father Christmas or an elf

[Rob Potterton]

Situation just detiorated further; running out of Stella. Luc can you arrange an air drop here too??