After my last doleful post, winter got her act together. For a couple of days last week the rain stopped, the skies cleared, temperatures plummeted, mud froze, and, at long last, it was shiveringly cold. Not on a Siberian or Alaskan scale but at -5°C, Sussex was cold. My first chore on arriving at work … Continue reading A Frosty Pause
Month: Jan 2016
Blight, Rain and Flood
This is a rubbish winter. No snow, no ice, barely a frost, just rain. Lots and lots and lots of rain. Day after day of tedious, repetitive, flooding rain. I'm not prone to depression but weeks of non-stop rain is twisting my arm. "Rain, rain go away, come again another day" is too polite by … Continue reading Blight, Rain and Flood
The Anxious Gardener 