Continuing cold today, but some sun is starting to thaw the snow and ice out. Perhaps if you're living in a colder country than this you'll be wondering why I'm making such a fuss about the snow, but it rarely happens to us here in Christchurch. Parking this morning was scary, the whole carpark was glazed over with black ice, where the snow had melted and re-frozen during the night. Thankfully, tomorrow is a day off so I can stay in bed until the ice has melted a bit.
The garden of course is fair wrecked; too early for most of the winter pruning and cutting back that removes the excess weak growth of summer. I've still got some tulips to plant too, so must do that over the weekend. Not going to bother with winter vegetables this year. Last year was not a great success. Although the spinach and leeks did well, the broad beans were a waste of time and the garlic was very small. If we're to have a very cold winter, and it seems likely, the effort of coddling plants along is too much for me, really need a heated greenhouse and that costs money so is not an economic propostition.
One of my colleagues at work is having a mid winter Christmas dinner this year. Here in the Southern Hemisphere our Christmas comes in summer, so for a really authentic feeling Christmas we have to wait till mid-June, our winter. She decided to decorate her house with holly, so of course that had me singing The Holly and the Ivy, and pretending to be Good King Wenceslas looking out at the deep, crisp and even snow.
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