Flood then Snow and Freeze

the view from my bedroom a week or so ago 

 

Central London had its first snow of the year in January now we are at candle mass and into February Tomorrow I will be 62 . An at the moment I feel it.

Erratic weather is with us now for sure!  Our failure as the human race  to address Global warming in a sensible way. Is Currently shocking people but how long before we accept that erratic weather is the norm. 

Sitting watching the six nations Rugby and sorting through my seeds for the new year of planting As the innstruction say for an early crop plant in February. But waterlogged ground will defeat this ctrop I think if we do not have a drying out period. 

My Camilla out side the front door facing the south in a bit of shelter has put out flower buds and risking being burn by the frost.and snow. but it still hangs on last year it just managed to flower for a couple of days before the cold and damp caused the flowers to fall before they even had time to fade.

My kiwi fruit  of two years growth put out leavers last year then died. The four year old fig tree is doing better.

The Italians have beat the French in a really great game bless them result.

Generally I have planted the front garden [ I don't have one at the back of the house as it was built on the back of the plot before the rest of London came out to swallow up the cottages ] With as many things that will grow in thew extreme of conditions that we are experiencing more and more in London these days from tropical s to alpine and hot and cold desert plants and as many as will supply food all in a plot 21 feet by 75 feet with space to park the car and a shrine to the sun to celebrate the summer solstice and mark the spring and autumn equinox and the winter solstice. All in the hope that what ever global warming brings some thing of food and beauty will survive.