Now, that we've all more or less excessively celebrated the Christmas season and looking forward to the arrival of the New Year, everything is quite enough out in the garden, and once again it is getting dark early. A funny old year it has been, with some plants not growing at all (like our carrots and parsnips) or with some extraordinary good results (just like the extremely well grown garlic bulbs we've harvested this year).
All in all, one trend seems to stand out - the weather conditions seem to get stranger and stranger in the big picture context of the apparent climate change. Milder and dryer spring and autumnal conditions on one hand, and wetter and and more mixed conditions in summer provided for a real challenge. Whilst we were battling with the cold spell in winter, this time it was the extended time period of mild and humid conditions, which made spring flowering plants blossom once again in autumn or spring bulbs appearing before the worst of winter.
Picture via Garden designs + more.
This is one important point to work around in the coming year. Obviously we can't change the weather, but we might have to work around it by picking slightly different sowing and harvesting times, as well as to select other, more resistant or better adapted varieties in accordance with the conditions we experience. And even if we didn't have a severe winter this year, I keep continuing to avoid delicate plants, which could be killed if it ever gets really cold for a longer period in future again, which I wouldn't exclude at all.
To a very successful growing season, and even more self grown fruits and veggies in 2012. Cheers to all of our readers!
All in all, one trend seems to stand out - the weather conditions seem to get stranger and stranger in the big picture context of the apparent climate change. Milder and dryer spring and autumnal conditions on one hand, and wetter and and more mixed conditions in summer provided for a real challenge. Whilst we were battling with the cold spell in winter, this time it was the extended time period of mild and humid conditions, which made spring flowering plants blossom once again in autumn or spring bulbs appearing before the worst of winter.
This is one important point to work around in the coming year. Obviously we can't change the weather, but we might have to work around it by picking slightly different sowing and harvesting times, as well as to select other, more resistant or better adapted varieties in accordance with the conditions we experience. And even if we didn't have a severe winter this year, I keep continuing to avoid delicate plants, which could be killed if it ever gets really cold for a longer period in future again, which I wouldn't exclude at all.
To a very successful growing season, and even more self grown fruits and veggies in 2012. Cheers to all of our readers!
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