Just now on the news I heard today was the coldest June 3rd in The Netherlands since 1975, and the temperature was the same as we had this Christmas That said, I just checked our national weather archive: 1975 was quite a good summer, right into late September. Who knows, history may well repeat itself....
Fingers crossed that it's so! We had 2°C during the night a few days ago, and daytime temps of max 6°C. Today we've had all of 11°C, and it was delightful.
Tonight after work I ran around the yard covering everything I could because we have snow in the forcast tonight and freezing temps tomorrow night :-x
1975 was a good year anyway. I was born in '75! Been looking for a t-shirt with that year...no luck so far
Droopy, is that normal in Norway this time of year, or are you also experiencing unusual temps? Stratsmom, snow?? Oh no, your poor plants , I really hope they all survive this cold spell! I know just what you mean by running around covering your plants. It's exactly what I do when lots of rain is forecast, I move all "water-hating" plants under cover. (That's a small space by the gate, so now no one can get in. Or out..... :lol Calin, yes, the 70's were happy days indeed!
No, GE, it's not quite normal, but not quite unusual either. Weather's always sort of funny where I live. One winter we had nearly no snow at all, and the next winter we had so much we didn't know where to put it all. Our house almost disappeared behind the big heaps of snow we shovelled off the roof... We've also had heavy snowfalls in June, and 18°C on Christmas Eve.
Take away a couple of shovel loads of snow, Droopy, and it sounds just like The Netherlands (or at least the way things have been the past 2 years) From what I've read here on the forum, it seems that nearly all of us have had strange weather conditions to deal with recently, but I think it makes us better gardeners in the end
Not cold here, thought this might cheer you all up. Had an outing last week for wildflowers. Victoria ( photo / image / picture from Kildale's Garden )
Wow, what a beautiful view! Thanks, Kildale, brought a big smile to my face, and I'm sure I'm not the only one :-D
