Weather winter 2010/2011

[Martinr]

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

Now things really are getting serious Seriously Rob, my sympathy. I hope the contents of the tunnels have faired better than their shelter. Still, it made me go out in the dark tonight after work to reduce the snow load on the greenhouse roofs and the glass cold frames.

I assume the kids are having a ball but it must be some distance the nearest good sledging hill

[art600]

Having read the Bulb Log and seen what can happen when you do not clear the snow, think I need thigh high waders to get to the bottom of the garden!

Still snowing - no TV as signal is totally absent    and have seen no cars on the road where I live.  This is not surprising as I live at the junction of a slope and a hill.

Just a few shots to give an idea of how much snow - first two show an empty greenhouse that has two frames containing my snowdrops that are completey buried.

[Martin Baxendale]

Wish I had some snow cover. Only a scattering of snow here and, despite layers and layers of bubble wrap, my snowdrop seedling frames and raised beds keep freezing hard as iron, so I have to keep thawing them out with a fan heater one after another. Sooooo cold!!! Mature bulbs might not mind so much, but I'm worried about all the young seedlings. They freeze again almost as soon as I thaw their pots and beds.

[Maggi Young]

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

Good grief, Rob, you're British... pull yourself together.... no need for any panic until the chocolate runs out......

[Rob Potterton]

Jackie is already eating our emergency stocks of chocolate sweets off the Christmas tree and there is even talk of starting the Christmas pudding tomorrow.

[angie]

If anybody is passing here can I have some chocolate the biggest bars that you can find please, joking apart Rob it's nice to see you are still cheery. Hope you get everything sorted.

Angie 

[mark smyth]

Just heard on the news that snow will hit the west of Ireland and N Ireland during the night and tomorrow

[cohan]

boy, you folks are really getting it! hope not too many replaced the tender plants lost last year! 
we're running just a little below normal-- -8 to -11 days, next few nights -20ish, but we have a -1 tuesday!

[Peter Maguire]

no need for any panic until the chocolate runs out......

Maggi,
You've started me thinking......... chocolate....Belgium..... Belgian Chocolate!!!

Luc... Help 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

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

Count on me Rob !
We're on our way....  only... I don't think we'll get there until the Early bulb show in Harlow... 
That maybe a bit long for you to go on without Stella..
On second thought, maybe I can convince our air force to make a drop anyway + some extra chocolate for Newcastle's Peter M.

 

[annew]

The snow's nearly up to the top of my wellies, and -13C forecast for tonight. At least everywhere looks tidy!

[cohan]

The snow's nearly up to the top of my wellies, and -13C forecast for tonight. At least everywhere looks tidy!

you may have a point--no telling the dandelions or overgrown or undeveloped patches from anything else (talking about my place not yours...lol)....

[johnw]

Wish I had some snow cover. Only a scattering of snow here and, despite layers and layers of bubble wrap, my snowdrop seedling frames and raised beds keep freezing hard as iron, so I have to keep thawing them out with a fan heater one after another. Sooooo cold!!! Mature bulbs might not mind so much, but I'm worried about all the young seedlings. They freeze again almost as soon as I thaw their pots and beds.

Martin!      We actually grow snowdrops outdoors here. Even store pots outdoors in open frames. Some years they are frozen hard for 3 and a half months, even seedlings.   I fear you may be doing them more harm with that fan heater.

Here +8c, dense fog and rain for the next week.   Shortly I'm sure we'll get clobbered.

johnw

[Stephenb]

Amazing to see a white England. You have more snow than we have now. No precipitation for about 3 weeks. People were going round with a smile yesterday - the temperature finally rose above -10C after many days.....

[Anthony Darby]

Parts of England generally get more snow than us!