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So now it’s getting scary…

EmerionEmerion Posts: 566
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It was a low of 8.3°C here last night, and 9.3°C the night before. This is our purple sprouting broccoli today.  It’s early February! In my school days , this time of year meant snow, ice, snowballs down your shirt, and freezing half to death at break time.  We’ve had a grand total of 3 nights teetering just below freezing so far this winter, the lowest being -3°C. The daytimes have been more like October than winter. I fear for the younger ones. 
Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


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  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    That's looking good Emerion, is it about a month or so early?
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 23,150
    Good heavens! I was in Dordogne, SW France during January. It was -5C  or below most mornings with heavy frosts. The ground was often frozen all morning.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • februarysgirlfebruarysgirl Posts: 827
    Ooh, purple sprouting broccoli. My uncle used to grow that and we used to pick bits off and eat it raw. It was surprisingly sweet.

    The weather is a bit of a worry. I'm a February baby and I remember on my third birthday, my mum and dad writing "Happy Birthday" in the snow drifts.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 86,969
    Depends on the variety of purple sprouting … nowadays there’s an ‘early’ variety. Maybe that’s adding to the scariness… 😱

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 566
    It’s a middle season variety, I think it was March last year, which was a bit early. 
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,555
    At the other end of the season,  I have reported previously,  my blackberry now fruits at the end of July,  it should be mid September!

    AB Still learning

  • FireFire Posts: 18,114
    Yes, blackberries were always a Sept fruit when I was a kid. Now definitely July near me. Over by the end of august.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,496
    If you have been aware of what we used to call "seasonal weather", you would have found it scary at least 30 years ago  :)
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