A Few Warm Days

For the past three days, we on the west coast of Scotland have been enjoying a period of exceptionally warm weather. This has meant a wide-open bedroom window, and some loss of sleep thanks to the cuckoos... (see my last post). But the result on our local flora has been especially dramatic.

In three days...

• most grasses have grown about three inches
• bracken has grown at least six inches
• the deciduous trees in Roskhill have gone from barely open buds to full leaf
• the last of the daffodils have gone over
• the gorse has come into flower...
• ...so have the bluebells
• and on the allotment - my runner beans have all come up...
• ...so have the peas
• no sign of the carrots yet though...