I thought it would be interesting to take a photographic record of my garden (which is in Thorney, Cambridgeshire, England) month by month to see how it changes: Here goes:
January: very mild month with many flowers coming through early. Windy towards the end.
February: very cold spell with temperature in Holbeach down to -16 deg C on the night of Feb 10th. Snow covered for more than a week.
March: warm spell reaching a high of 16 deg C on March 11 when these photos were taken.
April: it proved to be the wettest April for 90 years. I don't think there was more than a couple of days that it didn't rain. It was cold too, but the lawn kept growing.
May: started cold and wet, but mid month it changed and the month finished with a fortnight of really warm weather with the temperature up to 25 deg C.
June: After the warm spell in May it started raining again. It's on course to be the wettest June on record and the drought is now officially over.
July: There was a dry, sunny week in July (my birthday week), but I think that was summer. It has been warmer, but still lots of showers and some plants (like the basil) have hated the weather.
August: it finally dried out (a little) and the harvest, not a great one was brought in. Combines were working in the fields well into the night to take advantage of the short dry spell. In my garden, the lawn kept growing and the gourds liked the hot weather, which reached 30 deg C on two days.
September: no Indian summer, it was back to rain, overcast and cooler (about right for the season). There were no frosts during the month, the coldest night was 6 deg C.
October: it's very definitely autumn, night are drawing in and mornings are dark. The leaves are just starting to drop (Oct 15) and the lowest temperature so far is 3 deg C which I recorded last night.
November: it's been very wet with a few frosts and brief cold spells. The colour has drained from the garden and it's now definitely winter. Holly managed to photo bomb three of my four images.
December: the rain continued and the washes at Whittlesey have been flooded for some weeks. The garden is sodden and, although it's not been that cold, it's thoroughly miserable. 2012 is either the wettest year on record (if you listen to the BBC) or the second wettest on record (according to the Times).
January: very mild month with many flowers coming through early. Windy towards the end.
February: very cold spell with temperature in Holbeach down to -16 deg C on the night of Feb 10th. Snow covered for more than a week.
March: warm spell reaching a high of 16 deg C on March 11 when these photos were taken.
April: it proved to be the wettest April for 90 years. I don't think there was more than a couple of days that it didn't rain. It was cold too, but the lawn kept growing.
May: started cold and wet, but mid month it changed and the month finished with a fortnight of really warm weather with the temperature up to 25 deg C.
June: After the warm spell in May it started raining again. It's on course to be the wettest June on record and the drought is now officially over.
July: There was a dry, sunny week in July (my birthday week), but I think that was summer. It has been warmer, but still lots of showers and some plants (like the basil) have hated the weather.
August: it finally dried out (a little) and the harvest, not a great one was brought in. Combines were working in the fields well into the night to take advantage of the short dry spell. In my garden, the lawn kept growing and the gourds liked the hot weather, which reached 30 deg C on two days.
September: no Indian summer, it was back to rain, overcast and cooler (about right for the season). There were no frosts during the month, the coldest night was 6 deg C.
October: it's very definitely autumn, night are drawing in and mornings are dark. The leaves are just starting to drop (Oct 15) and the lowest temperature so far is 3 deg C which I recorded last night.
November: it's been very wet with a few frosts and brief cold spells. The colour has drained from the garden and it's now definitely winter. Holly managed to photo bomb three of my four images.
December: the rain continued and the washes at Whittlesey have been flooded for some weeks. The garden is sodden and, although it's not been that cold, it's thoroughly miserable. 2012 is either the wettest year on record (if you listen to the BBC) or the second wettest on record (according to the Times).
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