The Pointless Page

Ours will survive but has lost this years crop, leaves just "wilting on the vine" also some cuttings.  Hope yours is ok TDA, not everyone has been hit but local Wisterias etc are drooping too. Can't remember when we last had a late air frost but we've certainly had it this year, don't know whether the later fruit trees are affected yet.

So far  mine (40+yrs old) has not been affected, growth still green and strong.

Commercial vineyards in sussex/surrey have apparently been lighting fires to keep the frost away. Is that how the wine gets its smokey flavour?

The problem we have in this area is lack of rain ,the ground is cracked open ,driving to sons today, noticed in several places the grass verges that face south? are brown ,its not so bad where we are as the side of the Nimram valley we are on faces north

Hope we've seen the last of the frost, dry and frost, not a good combination at this time of the year. Apparently some reservoirs in the SW were well below last years levels.We need a lot of rain to catch up, I don't think we'll be getting much this week but anything helps. 

Spent all day Washing, drying polishing:

1 caravan

1 large 4x4

1 small convertible sporty car.

Very windy today but stood back and admired my handy work, 3 seconds before the heavens opened! 

Pointless.

Waited for a let up in the rain, leathered off caravan and put cover on. Which was great fun Jules, me and a mental cocker spaniel in very blustery weather!!

Going to look at my seed trays in a minute. Pumpkins to penstemons, some have been unwilling to stick their leaves above the parapet recently. Hope May will see them on their way. 

Not woken up by May Day celebrations on local hill, must have slept well.

We spotted some small Sweet Potato plants at nursery on our way into Pickering, so going to give a couple of these a go for something different. I left my little seedlings in our bath, (on an old towel) and my BIL is keeping an eye on them. Difficult being away full week, too much sun on greenhouse will parch them, too much cold will kill them.

Have got Cleome, Marigolds, Carnations and some sort of grass doing well, along with verbena boniarensi, but as you say brue, some are a bit reluctant to get going!

Shopped for the elderly today, including us! There are 2 neighbours who have had some health problems lately and are not too good so we volunteered. Well, you'd feel mean otherwise, wouldn't you? 

Found out that I was out of my favourite Sticky Ginger cake so baked one this afternoon and as the sun has finally decided to make an appearance we've made a start of a border that needs clearing out. The bird song is great, loads of different species singing away in the woods behind us, Woodpeckers drumming and the garden looks like it's been given a wash and brush up following last nights rain. Bluebells poking through the Lemon Balm, Wild garlic smelling wonderful. Isn't Spring grand?

Big thunderstorms just now, going to switch off!

We are just home from a lovely break in the van. It will be a snooker night in our house tonight take away getting ordered and a few beers opened lol hoping Higgins can pull it back