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It rained overnight and it’s about 3 degrees this morning, so risk of ice. Should be generally dry, up to about 6 with some sun peeps today.The will it be rain or snow on Thursday evening issue is still unclear. I will be keeping my eye on all the different forecasts.

Hope you feel much better soon, @Purple Streaks.

A very good morning one and all. There were lots of heavy hail storms in the night and it is raining now. I'm looking for displacement activities to avoid taking down the last of the decs but think I'm just going to have to bite the bullet. I will feel so much better when its complete but I now...

At school in art classes in the 1960s they used to melt old LPs with bunsen burners to make sculptures. Thick black smoke would bellow out of the windows. I later learnt that the gas given off was toxic phosgene. Yes it did stink. Oh those were the days.

Cold start, but has slowly warmed up. Went up to the greenhouse this afternoon and checked things over, things are generally alright some even still flowering. Watered as needed, then sowed seeds that need a winter cool period or just take months to germinate, but don't need heat so some crocus...

If my chillies get a bit leggy I just plant them deeper when they are potted on. They root readily from any buried leaf nodes and I don't remember ever losing one from this method. I don't use grow lights or a heat pad so I won't be starting them till next month.