Fancy That...

A lovely autumnal day, sunny and tempting, so down to plot 91 to have a peaceful faff about.  I got there just about 11am, and in the distance came the sad notes of the Last Post.  Somewhere a Remembrance Sunday parade was ending a minute's silence for all those who have served and died.

More blackberry runners hit the wheelbarrow and will be carted off to that great rubbish dump down the road - I can't be doing with thorny wood.  Then a cup of coffee in the shed and I noticed a pair of straight lines of plants.  Whoa - already they've sprouted?

Early Garlic Early

Bulb to cloves

Green shoots

Leaves seeking sun

Garlic

Sun seeking leaves

Shoots green

Cloves to bulbs

Then I noticed some more lines of sprouts - the broad beans are coming through.  Luckily there was a bit of netting left around, so I've covered them up.  Hopefully it will keep rabbits, pigeons and muntjack off. 




There's a tall plant with yellow flowers. still blooming away.  I have no idea what it is, but I like it.  Mid-November and no frost.  I think this time last year we were just about to be snowed on - also unprecedented around here.  It should be cold, damp, misty.  Just like it was at the beginning of the week, but there should have been some reasonable frost by now.  The weather is definitely on the change global warming?  Maybe.  But then, the Romans grew grapes in Yorkshire, the Medieval winters were bitterly with lots of snow and ice, weather and climate always has been variable.  The trick is to adapt, and have a good moan about it.  If it isn't the rockets, it's the CFCs or the carbon footprint.  Or Yetis.  Personally, I blame Year 8.  They're always up for mischief.