The clocks spring forward tonight - the countdown has ended

[Bigmallly]

Only 295 days 2 hours 34 mins.....

I take it that's when the sloe gin will be matured?..........

[cardiffsteve]

I take it that's when the sloe gin will be matured?..........

Wont last that long, be lucky if it lasts the 2 hours

[veggiechicken]

Wont last that long, be lucky if it lasts the 2 hours

That's Fast gin, not sloe!

[Currysniffa]

Thanks for posting this Zaz, its a lovely thought on a weekend that's been a wash out where the allotment is concerned.

[The Reverend]

I think our gardening lives are just perfect, whether the clocks go forwards, backwards, or just simply stay as they are.

[Peas'n'Kews]

Yes, actually, it is. It's quite depressing to get to the point of going to work just as dawn is breaking, and then be plunged back into darkest night for another 2 weeks again.

Think of it this way - how long did it take you to notice the "nights drawing in" (yes, I'm Scottish!), then the "nights drawing out"? you probably didn't, because its just nature. But if you spend 5 minutes each morning and evening just enjoying your wee universe, you would see the impercetible (have I spelt that right?) creep of the additional light and the nature changing to use it (hence our seeds germinate, for instance).

So, when the clocks go forward (spring forward, fall backward....) just spend as long as you can spare watching the sky, the birds, the world, and you'll never notice the cons due to appreciating the pros.

Hope this makes sense!!!!

[OverWyreGrower]

6.15pm, and it's just light enough still for me to pack all my stuff away for the night (mower, tools etc)... also realised I've had the back door open since about 9am this morning for the dogs... happy days!

[Newton]

I think our gardening lives are just perfect, whether the clocks go forwards, backwards, or just simply stay as they are.

Oooooh reverend........(Kenneth williamsesque )

[Snadger]

You're all wishing your lives away. Take each day as it comes and relish it................

(So says confucious snadge!)

Much more important.......10 days until this.........http://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Ice-Fir...0972234&sr=8-1

[Hilary B]

Before the clocks go back [to forward] and trips in the evening to the lottie start back up again.

Gotta be summat wrong with the arithmetic. Clocks change on a Saturday night/Sunday morning, and 19 days from Sunday is not Saturday, let alone Sunday!!
While I can see the appeal of light evenings, dark mornings are not something I could be happy with more of, mainly on safety grounds. The morning is when people on the way to work and children on the way to school happen at the same time, so that is when we DO NOT want it any darker than cannot be avoided. The homeward trip does not coincide.

[binley100]

What's a day matter ? .........it's getting lighter and warmer(hopefully) and that's good enough for me ....

[cardiffsteve]

Is it C*******s yet?

[Hilary B]

What's a day matter ? .........it's getting lighter and warmer(hopefully) and that's good enough for me ....

I was just getting a bit pedantic (it's about numbers, the only thing worse than words for starting me off that way).

[zazen999]

Gotta be summat wrong with the arithmetic. Clocks change on a Saturday night/Sunday morning, and 19 days from Sunday is not Saturday, let alone Sunday!!

it was 20 days from Sunday
it was 19 days from Monday
Today - a Tuesday - it is 18 days.

That's why it's called a 'Countdown'.

The Title changes every day. Amazing innit.

[Florence Fennel]

I'm loving it