Weather winter 2010/2011

[Giles]

This all fell on Saturday morning.
Temp -15 under the snow blanket, -20 above.

[mark smyth]

Northern Ireland had another record breaking low last night. -18c / .5F was recorded in the same town as the record breaker on Saturday night.

[mark smyth]

The condensation on the inside of the north facing bathroom window was frozen this morning.

[Maggi Young]

Giles, you have those glasshouse with the domed type roofline.... are you finding they shed the snow quite well or are you still having to clear off the snow like those of us with ordinary pent roof types?

[David Nicholson]

Another 4" of snow this morning. Devon and Cornwall appear to be closed

[Giles]

Maggi,
Both greenhouses are heated, so settling snow isn't a problem (it all melts).
Extravagant, perhaps, but no winter losses.

[David Nicholson]

Went to sweep the snow from my greenhouse roof this afternoon. Slipped off the low wall I was standing on to reach the roof and broke two panes of glass. Wish I hadn't bothered.

[Martinr]

Never mind David. It will improve the ventilation

[David Nicholson]

If I hadn't been wearing a heavy coat with very long sleeves (which may have helped me slip from the wall) my chest could well have been ventilated too. Mrs N had got the policies out!

[ranunculus]

If I hadn't been wearing a heavy coat with very long sleeves (which may have helped me slip from the wall) my chest could well have been ventilated too. Mrs N had got the policies out!

Bet that sent a sliver down your spine, Mr N.  ...  What a pane (or two)!!!

We are all very glad you survived ... cards are quite expensive these days!

[David Nicholson]

I was waiting for that! 

[Hoy]

What about your plants, David, do they survive? Have you covered the whole hole?
I never bother removing snow from my greenhouse roof. The snow insulate. Moreover it often slides away by itself.

[Paddy Tobin]

David's story of his fall has reminded me of a man who lived here in Waterford. He was well known to always have a naggin of whiskey in his back pocket. My mother-in-law was walking behind him in icy conditions. He fell and cut his hip, let us say, on rough ground, put his hand back and felt the wet, looked at the red stain on his hand and said, "Oh, thanks be to god, it's only blood."

Paddy

[Juan Fornes]

    Reading all your posts I almost remorse for having this week´s weather forecast from +3 to +8 minimum temperatures...  Even on dec 16th., our coldest day due to an extremly cold polar front, we hardly arrived to -1 in Sagunto (although it was really an exception), and Valencia did not even get below 0 degrees.
    I hope you will soon get rid of all this problems and see summer flowers and hear swifts again...

[Martin Baxendale]

Stroud, where I live and garden, is built on the slopes of five deep converging valleys. So loads and loads and loads of steep hills. It's not a good place to have lots of snow and ice. Plenty of sliding going on the last few days - people, cars, lorries, even four wheel drives seen slowly slithering sideways down slippery slopes. Where are the gritters?!