Green Lane Allotments Weather Diary

The weather in June was gorgeous for taking Ruby on long walks at Temple Newsam, Rothwell Park and Nostell Priory. A few days were particularly warm and we decided on evening walks for Ruby once the heat of the day had died down. Indeed this June tur...

We’ve just gone 34 days without a single drop of rain. The last time it rained was in May on the 14th of the month. Not that it was a great deal of rain just a meagre 0.4mm hardly detectable in the table below.  The remaining 17 days of May we...

As I’ve stated in the title the allotment plots are all now planted up. There are a few more brassica plants to go in to fill up one bed to hopefully provide us with a successional crop of cabbages and cauliflowers. However, you’ll notice the but...

We’ve had to start watering at the allotment. It’s not on the scale of last summer but seeds and newly planted crops are in need of some regular watering.Read more.. Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://ossettwe...

At last, we made it to 20°C or 68.0°F. Sunday afternoon turned out to be sunny and warm with the temperature reaching 23.4°C (74.1°F) late in the afternoon.Read more... Copyright: Original post from A Gardener's Weather Diary http://osset...

We are into the first few days of May and we still haven’t had a 20°C (68°F) day this year. Our mildest day of the year occurred way back in March when the temperature reached 17.7°C (63.9°F) on the 17th of the month. It’s relatively unusual...

April’s weather hasn’t been all that good for gardening. Last week was on the wet side and the result is that the allotment needs a few days of dry weather before any more beds can be dug over.Read more.... Copyright: Original post from A...