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Title: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: mumofstig on October 26, 2017, 09:28: According to Netweather -
https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/8524-last-warm-day-before-turning-colder-to-end-october-with-risk-of-widespread-frost
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Auntiemogs on October 26, 2017, 10:19: Thanks for the heads up Mum. :) Looks like I'll be checking what needs moving to the greenhouse. :D
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Christine on October 26, 2017, 15:53: Oh good - colder weather should the weeds growing and the slugs surviving.
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Pescador on October 27, 2017, 08:24: Down to 6 C in East Mids this morning.
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: mumofstig on October 27, 2017, 08:29: Not as cold as that here, yet, but what wind there is - has shifted and is now from the North!
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: AlaninCarlisle on October 27, 2017, 13:17: 2C overnight here. A slight frost on front lawn at 8am
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Aled on October 27, 2017, 13:38: Wouldn't mind a bit of frost, its been conspicuous by its absence in recent winters!
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: sunshineband on October 27, 2017, 16:48: Thank you for the heads up, MoS. I have just put the bubble plastic up in the greenhouse so we can move some plants in, and will move a few plants under cover at the plot on Sunday morning. That cold blue blob on the map looks a bit too close for comfort!!
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Growster... on October 28, 2017, 07:26: Car frozen this morning!
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: sunshineband on October 28, 2017, 10:39: Quote from: Growster... on October 28, 2017, 07:26
Car frozen this morning!

OOO ERRRR!! The penalty of a clear sky 🙄
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: mumofstig on October 28, 2017, 12:11: Down to 2.7C here, but don't think there was an actual frost :wacko: nothing seems damaged anyway.
Everything is slowly being moved into the greenhouse today ;)
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: rowlandwells on October 29, 2017, 19:31: well that's put pay to our dahlias can't complain we have had a lovely show of flowers soon as they start dying off it will be time to lift them and store them for winter

and your rite time to get those tender plants in the greenhouse and dig out that fleece :D
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Pescador on October 30, 2017, 07:33: 2 C this morning at 7.00. Frost on cars and roofs.
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Aled on October 30, 2017, 09:22: Ice on the windscreen this morning!
Cheers
Aled
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: AlaninCarlisle on October 30, 2017, 10:24: -2C overnight. Beautiful crisp morning. As soon as I've done my morning trip to butcher's, newsagent and ASDA, off with the good clothes, on with dirty jeans and outdoors for as long as possible. Tasks include muck-spreading, putting fuchsias into greenhouse, harvesting and cleaning celeriac and parsnip, putting bolted leeks onto compost and sweeping up leaves
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Mr Dog on October 30, 2017, 16:49: 3 deg here overnight. Watched people scraping ice off their car windows on Friday morning in Patterdale - lovely sunny day though!
Title: Re: Make the most of the last warm days - Frost warning for Sunday evening
Post by: Tenhens on October 30, 2017, 22:44: What a lovely place!! Great photograph!! Thanks for sharing.

Was a bit fresh here.
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: mumofstig on November 05, 2017, 10:38: https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/news/8541-cold-crisp-bonfire-night-mixed-week-to-follow

Overnight lows of -2 or 3C widely forecast - protect anything tender you want to keep - I think this should finish the dahlias off, so I can start drying the tubers out.
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Pescador on November 05, 2017, 19:03: I was harvesting some sprouts, cabbage and PSB, and there were still cabbage white caterpillars munching away, even under the netting!!
Bring on the frosts please!! :mad:
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: sunshineband on November 05, 2017, 19:05: Quote from: Pescador on November 05, 2017, 19:03
I was harvesting some sprouts, cabbage and PSB, and there were still cabbage white caterpillars munching away, even under the netting!!
Bring on the frosts please!! :mad:

Cheeky so-and sos !!
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Pescador on November 06, 2017, 07:24: St. Peter must have been listening! It's 2C at 07.15 this morning and the cars and roofs are well frosted.
I'll check on those "cheeky so and sos" a bit later!!
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: sunshineband on November 06, 2017, 08:35: Quote from: Pescador on November 06, 2017, 07:24
St. Peter must have been listening! It's 2C at 07.15 this morning and the cars and roofs are well frosted.
I'll check on those "cheeky so and sos" a bit later!!

Sub zero here this morning at 7am, so I daresay the nasturtium leaves have bought it now... plus any late feeding caterpillars too
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: mumofstig on November 06, 2017, 09:19: Same here, saw the frost on the grass when I opened the window. I may investigate further later ::)
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: sunshineband on November 06, 2017, 12:31: Quote from: mumofstig on November 06, 2017, 09:19
Same here, saw the frost on the grass when I opened the window. I may investigate further later ::)

Gorgeous sunshine now, but pretty chilly in the shade ;)
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Pescador on November 08, 2017, 13:48: Well another frost and only 2C again.
However the "cheeky so and sos" were happily sunbathing at 9 'clock this morning!
Any survivors after todays squashing session will definitely be re-named!!
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Pescador on November 13, 2017, 07:30: At 7.20 this morning it was -1C.
I'll be checking later if those horrible little critters have survived this one!
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Plot 1 Problems on November 13, 2017, 09:45: Just got back from a quick plot inspection, overnight low was -1.9c here. Ground is mostly frozen solid, so I'll have to go back this afternooon to do some work.
Title: Re: Frost warning for Sunday night!
Post by: Aled on November 13, 2017, 12:27: A lovely frosty morning today in West Wales. Winter at its best.
Cheers
Aled