Cukes in December....

[pickledtink]

Now there's a first. I brought my one and only cucumber plant indoors 2 weeks back in a bucket. It's got a nice fat eight inch fruit on it which is going to feature with Prawns and Salmon as a Christmas dinner starter.
Olive tree still surviving outside though we've definitely had some sharp frosts.
Hows'y'all doing in global warming?

[rustylady]

Minus 1 last night, pickledtink. Dahlias are still standing though. All the leaves have finally gone off the apple tree, the forsythia, etc. Garden looks really strange they've been hanging on so long.
Got flowers on the honesty, and I really think the plants don't know what they're supposed to be doing. Still got chillies on one plant left in the cold greenhouse, and the various cuttings are growing like mad even with no artificial heat. I'm hoping the frost last night may have killed some of the whitefly on the lottie - the way the weather has been I'm half expecting to find more caterpillars

[Alison]

Have some very pretty trailing geraniums in a hanging basket by my kitchen window - you have to pinch yourself it's December as we've only had one frost so far this season.

[pickledtink]

My bluebells are coming up.
The May trees are budding.
There is even one pale pink strawberry ( outside) struggling to redden.

It's nearly Christmas for goodness sake!
I agree with rusty. The garden is confused and bewildered. I feel like striding out there like some demented biblical actor and shouting ' No! No! go back. It is not safe here. Soon the big white will come and you will all die. You have awoken too soon!! etc etc

Love the sig Alice. Tut tut....

[bramble]

My Scarlet Runners are still blooming, as are the Geraniums and there are two flowers on my Fuschia, and they are all outdoors.

[Snadger]

Still waiting for my sweet peas to flower............

[Grandpadragon]

We have bulbs coming through but Dahlia's gorn. No leaves, well we have but they are from plants in Cornwall! we have had winds 80 -90mph. A bit wet though more rain in the first 10 days than in the average month of December.
I'm sure I saw a frog wearing wellies!!! Still a mild and wet winter should see all my new plants and shrubs survive and get established.

[SueA]

I wish I'd done what you did Pickledtink, I had a baby cucumber left on a plant outside but left it out & it got hit by a slight frost & shrivelled, I should have brought it indoors like you. It's still fairly mild around here despite the couple of slight frosts & has been bucketing down with rain, things are more likely to drown than freeze - I ran around yesterday putting upturned plant saucers under the pots to give them some drainage!