Last day of January and a rare sight: the chickens being able to venture outside. For the last two winters they were cooped up for three months in a row. This winter has been much kinder. There are still a few inches of snow on the ground, but today's temperature is due to climb to 6°C/43°F, so I'm thinking by this evening there won't be too much left.
We have yet to have a day this winter where the temperature has gone below -20°C/-4°F, which is fairly unusual, and the average temperature for the month of January is running at -5°C/23°F, where normally it is -7°C/19°F.
The week ahead looks mild, but then there is a return to more normal winter temperature after that. As this week and last week are usually the cold point of the year, I'm certainly not complaining...
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The weather had been so mild - it has barely felt like winter at all! My only concern are my plants - all these ups and downs and pretty soon there will be no snow cover to insulate them. I hope they don't throw their hands up and call it a day.
we've tipped smartly into autumn coolth
but so grateful for gentle rain to soothe the burnt mountains
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