It doesn't appear that way so far and we've had several days in a row where the lawn was frozen over.
Firstly, let me say that I don't really have a clue about plants. Gardening was forced upon me by a house move and now I'm making it up as I go...
26th January 2025The Carr household has a new toy; a Trailcam. I set it up in the woodland on the afternoon of the 23rd. With the storm...
Surprised me too!This is what we bought.[IMG]That's what we have been doing, but thought I'd give it a go out of interest. If they fail,...
They were sold as Geraniums. Why? Why not just label them what the actually are? It's bad enough that plants have Latin names; now I find out that...
15th January 2025I needed to go into the shed yesterday to get a ladder out. While halfway down the garden, I had a quick wander through the...
9th January 2025That was a long cold night. I was in the observatory from 16:37hrs to 22:39hrs, bar one short coffee break indoors! 86 video...
This is the 8-inch reflector I generally use for planets and close ups of the Moon.[IMG]Here's the 80mm Refractor I use for nebulae, the...
Here's an old one of the Orion Nebula. This nebula has a wide range of brightness, with the core being very bright. The nebula can be seen with...
Yes, that's hours or days worth of capturing data for a good clean image. I don't do so much of that, due to the UK weather being so unhelpful....
I was back out under a freezing cold sky on the 3rd of January 2025. There was a conjunction ( line of sight close passing ) between the Moon and...
We'll see in the Spring!
I only guessed Snowdrops because that's what my plant app guessed at!
The lower part of the woodland, closest to the end of the garden, has become much more open, with almost all of the plants dropping their leaves....
Along the Hawthorn path, behind the shed and trailer, the plants have also filled out, despite being in shade for most of the day. There's quite a...
I took a few comparisons, to see how the garden has developed since I started planting in April 2024. Despite the frosts and Winter season,...
4/5th January 2025Like large parts of the UK, on Saturday night the snow came to County Durham. We probably got around 3 inches of snow, laying...
To finish the evening of the 19th, I turned the scope on the Moon which had now risen. That was at 22° above the horizon. It was a bit too low for...
After a coffee break to warm up inside ( it was 0°C at the observatory ), Mars had risen high enough to give it a go. It was at 35° for this first...
After Venus, I moved on to Saturn, which was only 23° above the horizon. This is still far from ideal, being amongst the light and dust pollution...
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