Starting the weather watch

Now is the time of the year when we start to anxiously follow the weather forecasts, looking for that weather break when we can feel confident that Jack Frost has stopped his nightly visits. Until the frost is over we cannot plant our Cannas outdoors.

So far, in Central England, it is looking promising with the 10 day forecast showing no frost, but worryingly the early days of May show both day and night temperatures dropping again, and that could continue dipping further and produce overnight frost.

So, for the immediate future we are being patient and resisting the temptation to start moving our Cannas outdoors.