The weather here in the Spring is always unpredictable - cool days, days of warm sunshine, weeks of rain , weeks without rain, cold nights, storms, winds, hail you name it we get it. The locals have always warned against planting tender plants out too soon but this year has been really extreme and certainly the most difficult in the garden since we came here.
Two months ago we had mornings when we ate breakfast outside, in early April we had some days when the temperature got to the high 20's. Jumpers were washed and put away, summer clothes were rediscovered and hung ready. The garden burst into life , the birds were nesting,
the fruit trees were loaded with blossom and things were looking good.
Then ZAP - several mornings waking to below zero temperatures and catasprophe in the garden.
The fruit trees have now no sign of fruit, each day I find more casualties amongst plants which had been fooled into thinking it was time to put a spurt on. In the greenhouse my seedlings have struggled and many have given up altogether.
So now it is May - hopefully we have seen the last frost, the forecast looks OK for the next week so fingers crossed. I have a second batch of geraniums and more tomato plants all ready to plant out and the potato plants are well above the protection of the soil. Let the summer begin!
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