Today I realised just how much of a frost pocket/dip we live in. I drove to the local town, just 4 miles away, over the hill, for a swim and it was 7 degrees above (44 Fahrenheit) when I left the pool at 10 at night.
And then on our land we have areas that are even colder. Doing the water for the chickens this morning it was actually painful on my fingers by the time I'd done the rounds.
It's interesting seeing which bits still have snow on the ground and which bits are untouched by the sun, it clearly shows our micro climates and it's probably information I should do more with!
Both fires are burning away inside though, so we're toasty warm, while I sit and plan out next years (or they year afters) firewood.
Who else lives in a frost pocket?
We don't live in a frost pocket but it may at least have the advantage of killing off a few more garden bugs for you. Do you put out bird feeders?
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty of fruit out for the birds at the moment, but I normally have nut feeders - must fill them up again!
DeleteOur garden is north facing, so we don't see much sun, the frost has been thick, nothing much I can do until next week when it should warmer.
ReplyDeleteYeah, Nothing at all I can do in the garden at the moment it's struggle in the workshop to get stuff warm enough to work with.
DeleteThe rain always follows the frost. Well it does where we live in the West.
ReplyDeleteYes, looks like a load of rain coming in the next few days.
DeleteKev, at The Ranch, the land down at the bottom of the hill is always colder than the house. It always struck me as odd, as it is maybe 100 yards in distance and may be 50' drop over that distance.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's the same here. the polytunnel is at the bottom of a slope and even though it's not much there is a temperature difference you can really feel. This is probably only 15ft drop.
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