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After so much rain the frost in the garden today was just stunning. The ground completely rock hard and unworkable, but the frost on plants transformed the smallest of plants into a carefully edged Jewel. Beautiful but I committed the cardinal sin of walking on the grass to catch the best photos (not a good idea see December calender)
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It will have to stay mess for now as I don't mind battling in the cold, and even the rain, but sliding down ice paths is too much to ask. There is always the gardening catalogues and great plans for next year, always great plans for next year. |
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Happy to share my mistakes as is well illustrated by the photo. I was caught by suprise, goodness knows why it was December, by a very cold spell. The water froze in the water butt and split it in several places; clearly irreparable. Had I thought, and why I mention it now, is the easy garden tip to avoid the problem is to drain the water butt around now and leave it dormant until, say the beginning of March. Whilst we do have cold weather in March, in order to freeze the water it does require quite a severe drop in tempreture which is less likely in March. If you need a constant water supply I suppose you could lag the water butt; although frankly there is usually so much water coming out of the sky why would more be needed? |
Garden water Butt fractured by Ice Gardening Tip Drain it now |
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The sun was out and all looked clear and bright in the garden. I thought this would be a good time to tidy up a bit as frankly it's a bit of a mess. Once outside I stepped on the path and nearly shot down it. The water, which has being lying everywhere during the floods, has now frozen making the garden treacherous. I battled on for a while down the paths, and contemplated the garden; frozen solid and unyielding. The weight of water in the soil had ensured it was frozen rock hard and no weeding was going to be done today. What may have looked inviting, definitely wasn't, and I retreated back inside to admire the frosted fronds from the warm.
To me there seems no point in growing your own potatoes and spraying them often, as occurs commercially, with various chemicals. But it is frustrating, and not to say expensive, to buy the tubers, fresh compost and all the work for the potatoes to succumb to blight.