Bumble bee

[Sussex Nomad]

I have baby strawberries on my strawberry plant and hubby cut the grass today. People in T shirts on the street and spotted an elderly couple sitting outside a pub eating their lunch today in Brighton... in December. Definitely odd

Stop changing the clocks, add a couple more degrees on top of what we've been having and we'll be loving winter!

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Feel sad for the bees that will be destroyed when we hit a cold patch, as will the daffs. But at least the fecking grass will stop growing!!

Daffodils are not destroyed by frost or snow. They go into stasis and then start growing again when the weather thaws.

How, exactly, does changing the clocks affect the weather?

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Daffodils are not destroyed by frost or snow. They go into stasis and then start growing again when the weather thaws.

How, exactly, does changing the clocks affect the weather?

No, no you got me wrong. I meant if we start get 60 degree plus weather in winter then lets stop changing the clocks, have later evenings and sit out the back sparking up the barbie!

As for flora and fauna I am ashamed to say I have no idea (hayfever kind of makes you hate flowery things).

 

[Thunder Bolt]

No, no you got me wrong. I meant if we start get 60 degree plus weather in winter then lets stop changing the clocks, have later evenings and sit out the back sparking up the barbie!

As for flora and fauna I am ashamed to say I have no idea (hayfever kind of makes you hate flowery things).

We already change the clocks in Spring to get longer evenings. GMT ie. winter time is the correct time.

 

[Megazone]

Are slugs still supposed to be intruding my kitchen at this time of the year?

 

[el punal]

it's El Nino year.

Sign him up in the January transfer window.

 

[Blue3]

It's just weather always changing nothing to see move on

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Are slugs still supposed to be intruding my kitchen at this time of the year?

Only if you leave the door open?

 

[AmexRuislip]

And where's the frost to kill those slimy little buggers eggs .... everything's going to get eaten next year !

Agree with that, my allotment is going to be pleased

 

[Peteinblack]

It's the 23rd of December and there's a bumble bee flying about in my garden.

Can't remember that ever happening before.

That is all.

If there's more than one, it's probably a sign of global swarming.

...gets coat (actually, it's too warm for that)

 

[Megazone]

Only if you leave the door open?

They've managed to figure out squeezing under the door. It's a family of them. They just keep coming back. I haven't the heart to kill them, I just keep putting them out in the garden only for them to return every bloody time!

I thought the winter was supposed to get rid of them? Every other winter has.

 

[Peteinblack]

It's just weather always changing nothing to see move on

Except the weather hasn't changed for weeks and weeks now; it's gotten quite tedious - endless cloud, rain, and ultra-mild (but very strong) south-westerly winds.

 

[Megazone]

Isn't this the warmest December on record?

 

[Peteinblack]

Isn't this the warmest December on record?

I'm sure it will be; no cold weather is forecast for the next week, with daytime temperatures staying in the low to mid-teens, so the overall December average is surely going to be the highest on record by far.

 

[Badger]

It's FOURTEEN degrees in Toronto today. Where the F*** is the snow?
They're saying it's going to be the warmest Nov/Dec on record here.

 

[sir albion]

Could just be the cycle of the planet....maybe we swapped weather with Australia a million years ago or less

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Isn't this the warmest December on record?

Yes by over 1 c. It is 5 c above normal on average

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Metcheck presently on just under 10 c day night average. It should be just under 5 c

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

This December in Brighton it is likely the daytime maximum will be in double figures all 31 days. It has never happened before or even come close

 

[Megazone]

This December in Brighton it is likely the daytime maximum will be in double figures all 31 days. It has never happened before or even come close

Another record broken this season.