Comments on: Jack Frost – hanging around for far too long

By: Tyra

Tyra — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:19:06 +0000

You always learn something new when you are blogging. Jack Frost hehe.. never heard of him before so he is like ‘Father Winter’.
I so wish for him to go away and come back next December.

By: Lucy Corrander

Lucy Corrander — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:39:17 +0000

At least you will have crocks for next year’s pots – and, even if they break, terracotta is so much nicer than plastic.

Good luck to frogs and rushes . . . and everything else in your garden.

We had a sprinkling of snow last night and it has stayed all day where the sun hasn’t been and the puddles have been iced over – now we have blue sky and sunshine. That’s the upside.

Lucy

By: HappyMouffetard

HappyMouffetard — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:17:43 +0000

Oh dear. The dwarf rush looks a bit splatted. It *will* soon be spring (she said hopefully).

By: all seasons gardener

all seasons gardener — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:01:25 +0000

Ouch! I’ve noticed this in the past week too – I think what might be happening is that previously frozen soil thaws, the water melts and forms pockets in the compost and then, when it freezes again, and it’s all been sitting in the same spot in the pot, it forces a tiny fault-line to crack. It seems to happen when we get a freeze-thaw-freeze, at least in my garden.

By: Judith

Judith — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:21:42 +0000

Oh, I wish for warmer weather, winter seems to have been in your garden a long time. To long. Jack Frost can paint some lovely pictures but he’s a little devil around terracotta pots.

By: Sweet Bay

Sweet Bay — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:24:28 +0000

Hang in there! Spring isn’t too far away..

By: AnneTanne

AnneTanne — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:18:48 +0000

No snowflakes yet (promised for thursday), but J.F. is visiting here, too…

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:45:27 +0000

I will be more than glad to see the back of Jack this winter and it’s only February. I have a couple of large cracked terracotta pots but a stack of empty ones that I had left out have come through unscathed so far. I’ve noticed a lot of damaged walls round here. Hope the frogs have found refuge somewhere snug and warm.

By: Jan (ThanksFor2Day)

Jan (ThanksFor2Day) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:43:06 +0000

I will probably be blessed with a bunch of cracked and broken pots because mine have been left outside, as well;-( Won’t it be a wonderful gift to see spring? And not just spring on the calendar…real flowers and sunshine and…you know. We’re under a few ft. of snow and getting more today and tomorrow. What a winter this has been!

By: The Curious Cat

The Curious Cat — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:56:20 +0000

He’s a wicked fiend that Mr Frost…naughty and no care for order and the delicates…cold to the core he is! ;) xxx