*Weather warning for the UK*

For a minute I thought you had changed your mind and deleted your blog, but now I can see the added features, very nice, and thanks for the weather warning :0)

Actually BS I have to admit I did delete it, twice! Lol but I hope the final copy was worth the wait!

I think so Ian...it got my attention!
Also very interesting and useful, if you can delete a blog and re post it, I thought once it had been deleted it was gone!

Brrrr... Winter is well and truly here. The fuschia blooms look very sad this morning. It has come so suddenly after a mild Autumn.
Your blog itself seems very wintry, apart from your little reminder of Spring/Summer at the end. Thanks for that Ian.
I received my telephone call this morning from GP/Met Office to tell people with COPD to wrap up, make sure all medications are ready etc. I think we are so lucky in this country to have an NHS. I just hope my few preparations to protect the less hardy plants works.

Thanks for the warning Ian but like you say, it IS December and we've had it good up till now....if you're a duck that is but not cold. I've never had my summer flowers last till end November before so hopefully that will make the winter seem less long. Looks like some members have lots of frost today, we've got dull and damp as usual! :o((

Useful blog, Ian...
... We are well stocked up with Malt Crunchies... and ready to be snowed in over the weekend...
.......c-c-c-c-c-c-cold !!!

Thanks Ian had heard it myself, my greenhouse is all bubble wrapped and have covered everything with a layer of fleece so hoping they will be ok, got quite a few new baby plants and new cuttings aswell, so fingers crossed hope they will be alright, as have no heating in it.

I've got plenty of logs indoors for us - and I shall be out with the fleece if my plants are threatened and feeling chilly! Up will go the electricity bills, though - with two greenhouse heaters on! :-(((

i would rather the cold weather than the wet weather ian, no plants to protect, i brought mine in the house cause that last frost got to some even in shed, just wasnt cossy enough, i would love snow for xmas,brings out the child in me ;o)))

thanks ian,that will be me staying in then,dont like rain,snow or cold weather.
have fleeced up veg on plot (need them for xmas din dins):o)

for us on the east coast i am told by the weatherman to expect sleet/snow by thursday. cold winds from the east/ne . certainly a dramatic drop in temp today. iced cars by 5pm. brrrrr indeed.

Hi BS. I knew I was going to delete it to change it around so I copied and pasted it back in again!

Mad, You make sure you stay warm and cosy!

Lily, I'm wondering if we are heading for a long, late winter this year?

TT, good luck with the snow and stay warm.

Clarice, I thought you might be ahead of me. I've still got it to do yet :~((

Spritz, If you keep telling me about your log burner I might change my mind about coming to live in your potting shed and insist on moving into your lovely old house and living under the stairs instead! Lol

Sandra, Me to, I love the snow but my old bones don't!

Joanella, I might change my mind about living under Spritz's stairs and come to yours for dinner on Christmas day! I can't resist fresh vegetables. :~))

SBG, I think you are in one of the worst hit places this week. I haven't been out since I collected Holly from school and our car was warning me of the risk of ice then (at 3:15 pm) Brrrrrrrr

Good blog Ian we are also expecting bad weather,time to cosy up in front of fire piled high with turf & logs also something to warm the cockles of the heart Lol :~)))

Thanks Ian,we`ve had a very cold day here today but at least thats better than wet everywhere,that darn fog was really depressing, I`ll have to sort my heaters out for the greenhouses........

Thanks Mobee and Lincs,

It's only going to get worse :~(( Apparently we are heading for one of the coldest winters on record, but don't forget that in April this year they were predicting a 'BBQ summer' so I for one will take it with a pinch of salt and see what happens.
As I said in the blog it is winter and winter does what it say's on the tin!

Don't even THINK about a very cold winter, Ian! It makes me shiver......:-(((((

I know what you mean Spritz. I'm sat here with a fleece on!

I've got to walk Henry - he won't let me forget, that's for certain, Ian! :-(((

Good luck with that then Spritz. Brrrrrr

Morning Ian, snowing here! Don't be so pessimistic, of course it's not going to be a late spring........I hope! LOL

had a bad frost today here ian..... and my daughter in surrey has just phoned to say they have snow and it is settling on the ground......... BRRRRRRRR

Why does frost look so beautiful, and then go and spoil it by being so cold?? Not fair! Lol!

Hi Lily, I hope it looks beautiful but your tucked up nice and warm!

Holly, I think it's making it's way north. Brrrr

Hi M. I agree, have you seen that 'ice' hotel they build every year? I only have one question, WHY?

Hi Ian just caught up on this ,thanx 4 the warning i checked My Local Weather & it says Heavy Snow here on Thurs&Fri with Sunshine @ wked ! :D

Keep well wrapped up then Jacque! :~))

YUK. I hate snow! :-(((

I like to watch the huge big flakes fluttering down through the nights sky being lit by the street lights ........... While I'm tucked up nice and warm!

Ooooooo Spritz snow is Sssssoooooo Pretty & Great Fun when your wrapped up outside playing with the stuff ;) lol

I love snow but not so keen on frost! It's been very, very cold here these last two days and my daughter has just rung to say it is snowing about 6 miles away where she works! I am a bit worried about my new Coprosmia plant - I think I will put some newspaper around it tonight just to help a little.

It'll need more protection than that, Gee - if the temps. go under zero!

I wouldn't want you to lose yours like I did last winter. :-((

Sorry, Jac - I STILL hate snow! :-((((

It is in the greenhouse, Spritz, and I have wrapped newspaper around and under the pot, which is standing on decking. I haven't enough paraffin to put the heater on tonight. Any other suggestions to keep it safe overnight would be appreciated. Would it help if I put the pot into a bigger pot and stuffed the gap with newspaper?

Have you got any bubblewrap, Gee? That wrapped round the pot would help to stop the roots freezing - or else several layers of newspaper if not. Any fleece to cover the foliage? I wouldn't put plastic over it, though. Newspaper again.....
It should be OK with that sort of protection.

Good luck!

Thanks, Spritz, I have just come in from the greenhouse. Went out armed with bubble wrap, newspapers, stapler and a large torch! Like an idiot I dashed out in my slippers so I need bubblewrap now :)

I will post a photo later of the end result. Just hope it is enough until Friday when I hopefully get some fleece and another can of paraffin. Just had a thought, would it be better in the shed, although there is no natural light in there?

You're not alone Spritz, I HATE snow too and always have, even as a child! :o((((

Snow is so beautiful to look at from the inside, love to take photo`s before it gets walked on then I can admire from the sofa.,lol.....Blimey I`m getting old (SIGH)..

I agree LL, we have had a really heavy (Blizzard?) this afternoon and we HAD to go shopping. It was freezing c-c-c-cold and very dangerous driving but we got there and back in one piece. I'll ad a photo as soon as I get back from school!