BBFB GONE MAD LOL

Think we are going to have to do the same Mark here, hope the snow is not to bad, lots to do here as we have our daughter and son-in-law arriving on thursday, and we live high up and on a hill,

Oh Yorkshire ill send Julie round so she can help while your entertaining your family lol.I hope its not to bad aswell but better to be safe than sorry.:)))))

thanks BBFB much appreciated, we are hoping it won't be as bad as they say,

Well from what i saw on the local weather this afternoon it looks bad .Get your skis and snowboard out then your garden jobs will only take a couple of minutes lol:)))))

Mark you are joking, thats awful, need to get out tomorrow early morning so much to do, daughters birthday thursday,weather is really nice here at the moment,

i can not believe the sun is out omg please last ........
hope all gos well on thursday val :)))

lovely neat garden Mark, its such a shame to have to cover it up...beter safe than sorry though.

Wet, windy, sleety and miserable - been like that all day today here in Sunderland. Just when we were getting used to the springtime!!!

all the best, hope it isnt as bad as you fear.

We covered up our baby pear tree last night and will again tonight, what a pain isnt it?

Appart from putting a few pots in the greenhouse I did nothing to protect our plants last night. Expecting a 'smear' in 'coastal regions' it was a surprise to find the six inches or so of heavy wet snow this morning. An inspection of the garden found minimal damage appart from a very large juniper that could not take the weight of snow. Erythroniums and trilliums were looking sad but are now perking up again as most of the snow has now gone (7pm).

Your garden looks great Julie (& Mark) Lol.
Hope nothing gets spoilt, take it all indoors!
Thinking of you all up there x

glad to hear its nearly gone and not too much damage bulbaholic

Good idea to protect your plants Mark. I hope you don't get any snow :o(

well done Mark..cant be too careful this late on...i have just come in from covering lots of tender plants just in case. blankets are back on in the tunnel i refuse to loose my seedlings now...

Bulbaholic i do hope your garden did not suffer too much.

Better safe than sorry Mark, your garden is really lovely.... Pleased to hear its nearly gone Mr B, and fingersxx for you Sandra.
I`ve been collecting rainwater, all topped up again now , thank goodness but ran out of bins and butts now, the garden is really enjoying it.

Hi all thankyou so much for all your comments and support.I am so glad i did it though as we did get the snow as forecast as you can see on my new pictures.

Unfortunately i have lost a few as they couldnt take the weight and they snapped.

I have been out again today and added some extra bubble wrap to help protect from the deadly frost which is now expected for tomorrow morning.All i mainly wanted to do is protect my new plants which were planted early due to the fantastic weather we had last week.

Grandmage i fully agree it is a pain but well worth the trouble:))

Bulbaholic now the snow as cleared at your end ? Hope you havent had anymore snow and i do hope your plants will recover and i hope there wasnt to much loss.

It has just about gone from the garden, thanks, Mark. The ground is so warm from last weeks weather that I never expected it to stay. Most of the plants are now standing up again as though nothing happened. Poor old Molly the Witch (Peony) has taken a bashing though and a couple of stems are broken, pity but there are more younger stems coming up.

Hi Bulbaholic that is good news.I have been fighting the snow,the rain etc all morning trying to protect the garden lol.In the end i have given up and i made a wet snowman lol:)))

Like your wee mannie, Mark, lol. I believe that the best thing to do is to just enjoy the weather and don't worry too much. Most plants will recover quickly though you may lose a few flowers that were already out. We see this regularly when we go to the mountains. A dump of spring snow one night and a couple of days later the plants are all back to normal. We now have a couple of peony stems in a jar in the kitchen, they may well open up.

really bad here last night Mark, bean canes blown down, daffs broken, fence panel broken. Rhubarb flattend, and garden furniture blown all over the place,

sounds like you guys had it worse than us...the wind was and still is strong but no frost. we had the added bonus of rain for most of the day tooo...the pembrokeshire potatoes will benefit from the drink..

Hi Bulbaholic lol he as now fully melted away and i did enjoy the snow im a big kid at heart.Surprisingly enough i didnt lose any plants .Today i am finally going to take all the bubble wrap off ready for the rain thats coming.:)))

Hi Valthe winds did get strong here but it sounds like you got the rough end of it as we had no damage.Hope all went well with the family on thursday.Hope you get your garden back together soon:))))

Hi Sandra i think me and you got off lightly compared to poor Val.But we are expecting the good lot of rain from tomorrow which should be good:)))

your right Mark ..many of the others had terrible weather. we have glorious sunshine today and hopeing the rain keeps off till monday as i have a market to do tomorrow...

Hi Sandra yes it as been ok today just odd spits now and again.Hope the weather keeps good for you for tomorrow:)))

thank you Mark..and it did keep away..now im looking forward to RAIN tomorrow...:-)

Hi Sandra that is good hope you had a good day.Yep my plants are really enjoying the rain today lol:)))