Spring is almost here

Now the snow has gone, it gave us a chance to take a few photos of what has been happening under the snow. It never ceases to amaze us how nature still carries on regardless of what the weather throws at it.

These are just a few photos taken around the village to show that Spring is well and truly on its way.

Spring is on its way

I wanted to share with you all, the fact that my broad bean seedlings have survived all of the snow. My Dad, aged 93 and still very fit and well, told me that his father used to plant his broad bean seeds before Christmas, so the frost killed any black fly eggs that appeared on the young seedlings. So as an obedient daughter, I did as my Dad said. One very chilly autumn/winter day I was on the vegetable patch dutifully planting my seeds in very neat rows. A few weeks later, I was passing the vegetable plot, and to my horror, there appeared to be several very neat furrows just where the broad beans seeds should have been. I guessed that a little mouse had been very busy stealing my carefully sown seeds. Another couple of weeks past and Alan came in from the garden, saying my broad beans were doing well, I thought he was joking, but when I went and looked, there, in my neat rows, were the lovely young shoots of my broad beans. Shortly after that the weather forecasters were talking about heavy snow on the way, I was concerned for my young seedlings. While I was out at work one day, Alan kindly found a heavy dark coloured duvet cover and covered the seedlings. I thought they would never survive, not only the weight of the duvet and the snow but also the lack of light through the dark coloured fabric. By this point there was no going back, the seedlings had two chances, survive or perish. So we left them covered for about three weeks. When we finally managed to uncover them, we were asounded to see the young seedlings had survived. As you can see from the photos they are not the strongest looking seedlings but at least they are still with us. Now all we have to do is keep an eye on the weather and keep the duvet cover handy.

                                                                                         

Monday Walk

Had the day off on Monday so decided to take a walk through the village and take a few photos. Although the road was quite safe to drive on, it was still very slushy. The snow on the roadside banks was quite deep in places as I found out when I had to leave the road to make way for passing cars. Would you believe that the only two cars I saw came along at the same time from different directions!! I saw lots of people out and about. People walking dogs, neighbours chatting, several people busy clearing snow from their drives. Not sure what is happening with the road closure. The signs are still up but no sign of any work being carried out, not sure how long the road will be closed for now.

There is no doubt about it, even though the snow had started to thaw a little, and the road looked a little mucky it did make the village look even prettier than it already is.

And finally, I was joined on my walk by one very brave lone jogger. Well done to her!!

 

Thats it for now, but keep an eye on the website, you never know where I will turn up with my camera.

Snow As Promised

The view from the back garden looking up to the bungalow. Just had another big 20 minute snow fall while writing the blog. Tico was having a great time running around in snow.

Sun is now starting to come out.



New Year

Hello,

Happy New Year to everyone reading this. Weather here is still very wet, too wet to do anything in the garden.  Although Alan did venture out to set a trap for pesky mole that has appeared on our back lawn. The woodpecker has been very busy sticking his beak in the lawn, surprised he hasn't stabbed the mole!! Peacock is still around occasionally, but he doesn't like it when it is windy. Enjoy your New Year celebrations.

East Carleton latest

East Carleton weather today is cold, wet and miserable, but this will not last long. I am convinced that we will have bright crisp sunny days for the coming weekend. Plans are afoot for a Village Fair in August 2013.

Village Fair 2013

Hi. Welcome to the East Carleton Village Blog. Keep coming back for more info on the 2013 Village Fair.