Cold winter guaranteed

[Odsox]

I was cleaning out the potato box in the larder today and was about to cook the last 4 small Maris Peer for the chicken to eat. But they all had respectable shoots on them and soft hearted that I am I decided they give them a chance to procreate.
So I planted them in the middle of by bigger polytunnel, where it would need a really hard frost to reach, guaranteeing that that is exactly what will happen now.
So when it's minus eversomuch, and up to your armpits in snow, you have my permission to call me any name you see fit.

[ina]

Well, if you just keep the freezing temperatures to Ireland and leave us in Scotland above freezing, I don't mind...

[diggernotdreamer]

do you mean you don't have a special warm quilt for this purpose, as a nutty all weather spud grower, I have a lovely warm quilt that came with some furniture made from double thickness bubblewrap ........... bring it on

[Green Aura]

I bought a punnet of posh, several different coloured, spuds from the reduced counter at T***o and they've all chitted. We've been talking about planting them but were worried it was too late. Do you think they'll do anything up here?

[Odsox]

No idea, but there's one way to find out.

Most winters I have volunteers come up in the garden about now and very often they are still there in Jan/Feb and then get blasted out of the ground by a storm. So it might just work in the tunnel.
I will have to look out a blanket of some description DnD, and keep it close by.

[diggernotdreamer]

I stapled a lot of those polypropylene feed sacks together as well and have made a lightweight and very large blanket, it can be rolled up when not in use and thrown over very quickly and covers all the foliage, it works better than fleece as it is a bit thicker

[boboff]

I do hope so, its been nearly two years without a hard frost in Cornwall.

[doofaloofa]

Thank glob the lidl sell snow shovels

[Flo]

Could do with a cold winter - anything to decrease the slugs and snails that won't cost me next season.

[Odsox]

See, I told you ...
Woke up this morning to a FROSTY lawn.
In the 20 years I've lived here we've never ever had a frost in November. The "usual" time for us to get a frost is February or March when the sea temperature is at it's lowest, and even then it's not guaranteed.
So, sorry about that ... but I did warn you.

[ina]

Cold, but sunny - what more do we want!

[Green Aura]

Our spate of particularly odd weather i.e. it's been warm and sunny for the last few weeks, seems to have ended.

Today it's peeing down. Nothing unusual there then!

[ina]

Today it's peeing down. Nothing unusual there then!

Just your side of the country, though - it really is brilliant weather here today. Not going to last, of course - but enjoy it while we can.