0 2009-01-08T03:13:09+11:00 false The weather is bitterly cold and has been since Christmas,but no snow.Of course compared to the U.S. and Canada it's probably quite mild,but not to us! There are things I wonder can survive if we have much more of this,like the kangaroo apple and the bird of paradise plants.Yet there are primulas in flower in a sheltered spot under the bush fuchsia and the snowdrops are in bud.I've just been out to pour hot water on the chunk of ice in the birdbath and I see the thermometer is on-2C.It hasn't managed to get above freezing today.Even the sweetpea seedlings in the cold frame are looking a bit chilled,and usually sweetpeas seem impervious to the temperature.Spring seems awfully far away. 1 false 3 39003 false false false Entry 3043 Garden 2009-01-07T11:00:00+11:00 DMY 40389 Public 2009-01-08T03:13:14+11:00 3406 Overcast 0 C