Have you started yet?

[fruit&vegvirgin]

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.

[SueA]

One flower on our clematis montana FVV but don't know if it will survive the day as it is blowing a gale outside!

[sewer rat]

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.

[fruit&vegvirgin]

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!!

[eskymo]

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!

[SueA]

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!

[fruit&vegvirgin]

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!

[eskymo]

I saw my fisrt ladybirds this week...yippeee! And the swallows are back, flying around all over the place.

[JennieAtkinson]

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!

[eskymo]

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.

[Lesley Jay]

Don't get to carried away - I saw a weather forecast today that predicted a frost for this weekend.

[eskymo]

does that apply to scotland though? the bbc website predicts sunshine!

[Lesley Jay]

The gardening forecast at the BBC says frost returning to the north. Better to be careful than lose tender plants.

[Lesley Jay]

The forecast is frost for tonight, Friday, in the north / north east of Scotland.

[eskymo]

BBC website says 6 degress C tonight for my postcode.

I'll try and catch the weather report on radio 4 tonight and see what they say too.