Valkyrie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Can't see the grass yet - still too deep in spite of all the rain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 We have a lot of grass poking through, with daffs & narcissi at least 6in tall.........and the roads are flooding again due to all the melting snow And it's 7deg here too, almost warm enough for no coats Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 It's still pretty nippy here; I have the heating at home off during the day while I am at work, and it was only 15deg at lunchtime when I went back for lunch. It has got misty again and everything is dripping, I can see a couple of green bits of grass from my office window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Nooooo - the only grass visible is where we tramped on it to get to the birds (and that is even shorter now where they've scoffed it - half a milimetre!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 My front garden is largely defrosted, but the lawn in the back garden is still covered in a thin layer of snow except for where the round stepping stones are, I can see grass round those It is so wet everywhere and my pond is very full. The girls are paddling in parts of their run at the moment so they will need a good clean out and some fresh bark over the weekend if the rain stops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busybird Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The heads have fallen off 2 of the 3 giant snowmen that we built in our back garden on the children's snow days Our driveway is still covered in ice so I won't be taking a car out yet but pockets of grass are starting to appear where we took the snow to make the snowmen I let the girls out for a quick free range and they found some mud to scratch in and lots of muddy puddles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Not a lot left here at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Still a lot left here despite the rain but the fields have swathes of green. No frost predicted, thank heavens. The lane coming down the hill is running with water. We've lost quite a few plants in the greenhouse even though it was heated. I've brought in a few dead looking fuschias into the conservatory which now looks like a dead plant creche. Maybe some will be OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Pavements still really bad here. Sleeting again this morning, but it didn't amount to anything. Thick fog now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 There is grim balc snow around here now! I really don't like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Very little snow to speak of now. I've left the girls in their WIR today as the garden is just too muddy with all the rain. Roll on Summer!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 The pavements are still quite bad here, its frozen the slushy stuff so people are walking on the edge of the road to be safer! The garden just has a path down the middle of it where we've been walking but theres still quite a bit of snow We had quite a lot of rain this morning but not for the rest of the day ... the step outside the common room had a few inches of water there because of all the melted snow + rain ... someone has put another slab there for now to walk on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 15, 2010 Author Share Posted January 15, 2010 Murray has arrived in Germany and he said they have snow. And the pavements and roads haven't been gritted. Still melting here but still no sign of grass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ours has all gone as we've had overnight and still got torrential rain and gales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Its gone except for small patch which was the snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 16, 2010 Author Share Posted January 16, 2010 My snow angel has grass boots. The footprints now have grass showing through - paths are beginning to clear where we have not boldly gone where we did before. Still plenty of the white stuff here - it's now easy to see where the houses and trees protected the ground and where the snow drifted into deep banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellekatz Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 our snow has finally gone overnight!! I cans ee my lawn again!!!! Yippee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 We've got a little bit of grass showing at the edges of the lawn . There's also a bit of soil in the girls' freerange area so they may actually get out for the first time in weeks . Time for a clean out of the run too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Like ANH's garden we have a bit of grass at the margins ... and some snowdrops The chooks' area is on a slope and that has a fair bit of old grass showing through. They have been out this morning. Still raining so will put off doing their run till tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 We have had about 2 foot of snow melt overnight with the wind and the milder temperatures - because of the wind so far not much flooding but very wet and now the hens can get about a bit better and the cats can see somewhere to dig a hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very slippy where there is still snow and down the village still great piles of it around the street and you can still not get off the road in places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Ours has nearly all disappeared over night Theres 2 lumps which were snowmen ... the ducks have made the patio really messy so its really dirty now the snow has gone - I washed it down with the hose + they went mad, following the water Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 Most of the snow has gone here too Andy and Jack have spent a good few hours clearing the still iced over lane using pick axes My extra grip tyres have not arrived yet and I really need to get back in my car and drive down the lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 DS asked if he could pick me up and take me over to his house to do some housework stuff !! for him as he is going on holiday on thursday so I agreed - well the road over the hill to glenrinnes was abominable - he has an old landrover and after being over great rutted parts of the road and then a real flood when the water was coming over the bonnet I asked to go home - he just laughs at me - I was petrified and then the rest of the road although rutted in places was only single track and NO passing places - thankfully we met nothing - on the way back I made him come a different way as was so scared - he stopped on the hill as he saw something and thought it was a big cat but I had not seen it - as was too busy hanging on for grim death!! The main roads are clear but Glenrinnes its's just plain terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 then a real flood when the water was coming over the bonnet I asked to go home . That is scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 then a real flood when the water was coming over the bonnet I asked to go home . That is scary! It was very scary = the water was coming off the fields above the road and thankfully it was not for long but was enough for me! Thankfully his old diesel landrover has an exhaust which is above the windscreen for just this reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
