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| NW |     | 7 | 15.91% |
| NE |    | 3 | 6.82% |
| Midlands |    | 9 | 20.45% |
| North Scotland |    | 0 | 0% |
| South Scotland |    | 2 | 4.55% |
| Wales |    | 2 | 4.55% |
| SE | | 8 | 18.18% |
| SW | | 2 | 4.55% |
| East Anglia | | 5 | 11.36% |
| No sign of spring | | 6 | 13.64% |
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20-04-2006, 10:02 PM
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 FVV My bats are back too - and my Clematis montana is also just breaking into bud - and none of my tulips have flowered yet - are you my neighbour  
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20-04-2006, 10:48 PM
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| Spring has definately arrived in West Dumbarton. The bees are out, the bats are out and the butterflies are in evidence. Saw a peacock yesterday. Everything is growing and it's possible to go outdoors in comfort. The whole world smells different. |
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21-04-2006, 11:31 AM
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| My montana is bud too and my daffodils are romping away, the tete a tete are dying back, the rhubarb is crashing on in this rain and loving it and the weeds are making an appearance.
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21-04-2006, 11:34 AM
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| My winter flowering heathers are in full flower!! But also my daffs are finally breaking out, dwarf cherry just on the verge of flowering and the slugs are back. I'd say Spring is testing the waters with one cold toe. |
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22-04-2006, 10:01 PM
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| bindweed is here. definitely spring! |
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23-04-2006, 11:23 AM
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| Well spring is definately here in Stockport. Buds and leaves are on trees, daffodills and tulips have already bloomed and been cut for the house before they die off and frog spawn has hatched and grown into bigish tadpoles - not got their back legs yet though. It's also spring in East Anglia acording to my folkes who still live there. I voted in the poll for East Anglia first but couldn't vote again for the NW so you'll just have to take my word for it about Stockport. If it carries on like this we'll get a heat wave - I've jinxed it now haven't I?
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23-04-2006, 01:40 PM
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| Spring has also definitely arrived in Burton. I spent several hours yesterday digging creeping buttercup out of my flowerbeds.  |
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23-04-2006, 07:02 PM
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| Blackkitty I too suffer from creeping buttercup but when I dig it out I'm not , I'm 
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02-05-2006, 09:48 AM
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| clematis montana heavily in bud, but not a peep of an actual flower!!! if only it would just warm up a little... but we are predicted temps of 25 deg on thursday - not here though, as we are right next to the sea, but it sounds as if it will be nice. |
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02-05-2006, 07:42 PM
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| According to our local weather forecast, Spring should arrive up here on Thursday. Sunday was a scorcher, yesterday was overcast, today was nice in morning, baltic in afternoon and is still bloody cold and windy as I sit here.
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04-05-2006, 01:51 PM
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| seems to be summer here today - scorching, but lovely sea breeze to take the edge off it. that montana needs to get a move on!! |
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04-05-2006, 03:16 PM
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| we've got really weird weather over her at the moment - it was very humid and grey yesterday but with a strong sea breeze which was refreshing as I had a stonking headache all day - atmospheric pressure was weighing my head down. It's been drizzling today on and off in a weird way - a couple of big droplets and then nothing and then a little later on more big droplets and then nothing. I've got a feeling we've got a huge downpour coming this way and I bet it starts about 3pm when I'm taking the dog out!
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04-05-2006, 04:19 PM
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| Beautiful sunshine here yesterday but today although it is sunny it looks as though we may have thunder or something later & it's still very windy-doing my hayfever no good!
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11-05-2006, 10:10 AM
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| been gorgeous the last couple of days. montana flowering away, last daffs on their way out, and I have a geranium that has turned into a triffid - I keep digging out large chunks and planting them elsewhere but it just responds with another bid for world domination! |
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11-05-2006, 12:29 PM
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| I saw my fisrt ladybirds this week...yippeee! And the swallows are back, flying around all over the place.
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11-05-2006, 01:04 PM
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| Saw my first butterfly yesterday - a red admiral I think (not too hot on that sort of thing). Ground feels warm now and is really drying out. I was beginning to think spring was never going to happen. It is still only five weeks since we had the last snow! |
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11-05-2006, 01:21 PM
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| we've had butterflies for ages. I wish I noted down the day I saw them - actually I think I mention it somewhere on this thread.
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11-05-2006, 02:19 PM
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| Don't get to carried away - I saw a weather forecast today that predicted a frost for this weekend.
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11-05-2006, 02:56 PM
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| does that apply to scotland though? the bbc website predicts sunshine!
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11-05-2006, 03:08 PM
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| The gardening forecast at the BBC says frost returning to the north. Better to be careful than lose tender plants.
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