Frost Warning Tonight (Sat 5th May)

Met Office forecast for nearest town last night was 6degC and min temp this morning in my garden was 4degC, so would have been about 2deg at my plot.

As their forecast for the town Friday is 4degC it looks like it could go down to freezing at my rural plot Saturday morning.

 

I know the feeling FC......I might just get some fence to fence astro turf and some plastic flowers!

 

Oh joy, I'll have to go out in heavy rain to cover my spuds up then remove the soaking wet freezing cold sheets/net curtains in the morning and dry them out. (my plot temps are 4degC lower than this forecast for the local town)

 

I've moved all my plants back into the greenhouse, we're promised 6C overnight but that's not a problem, the force 8 gale will be!

 

Not sure about the "now" though FC? Frosts in May, even late May, is not that uncommon ... although not that common either! but "never cast a clout until May is out" as the old saying goes

 

Indeed :( but you may well find that "it just feels like it" and that the averages were not that far adrift from the long term averages.

Although last year my Solar Panels recorded 25% less "power", over the course of the whole year. That's a BIG difference ...

 

My family is moaning that I have NOT put the heating on !!

 

I decided to ignore the date on the calender and put the log burner on tonight. Glad I did as toasting now and plenty of inner warmth care of a few drams...! deadens the possible pain of many of my Rhododendron and Azaleas being ruined if we have a frost tonight.

 

I haven't escaped one month since September 2011 without the heating on at some point. Thought I would make it through last August but on the 30th the evening was cold, so it went on for a couple of hours.

 

I only remember that Shiney because I was so shocked to have put it on. I haven't got a thermostat inside, so have to switch it on and off from the control/timer box.