Busy Lizzies are good in shade where they will spread out and give a patch of bright colour until the first frosts. |
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The rounded corners of the refectory were intended to withstand the harsh Karelian frosts. |
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Last year, on the back of two years of drought, Margaret's orchard was ravaged by severe frosts. |
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On occasion, severe frosts, biting easterly winds and snowfall can result in winter casualties. |
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The season was late winter and periodic night-time frosts were still occurring. |
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In the quiet anticyclonic periods, after sunny days, come the damaging night frosts. |
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Keen frosts had slowly given way to warmer weather and after a fortnight's hold-up rugby football and hockey teams were able to play. |
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The maritime climate ensures that there are very few winter frosts, allowing the cultivation of many tender and unusual plants. |
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Roots are harvested in the fall when the tops have gone to seed and the plants have experienced a couple of hard frosts. |
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If there are no late frosts forecast, plant out summer bedding and put out hanging baskets from this week onwards. |
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The dark purple berries, fruit of the blackthorn, are best after the first frosts because they break down more easily. |
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Then the first cold front rolls in, slays the mums, frosts the lawn, whistles down the chimney and signals the reign of the new season. |
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My beneficial insects take care of the bollworm, and our killing frosts kill a lot of the insects. |
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Cold snaps may lead to frosts inland, though temperatures about the coast are generally mild all year round. |
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Planted with care and planning, bulbs can keep a garden alive with color from the last snows of winter through the first frosts of fall. |
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They are white and weathered, the horns cracked and bleached by the snows and frosts, and the rains and heats of many winters and summers. |
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In this case frosts will be patchy as cloud acts as a blanket, helping to keep the night-time temperatures higher. |
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But they did and because the weather has been mild, Jane hasn't had to worry about new leaves being nipped by late frosts. |
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It buds late and therefore avoids devastation by most spring frosts but is an irregular yielder. |
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Plant vetch and winter rye as a cover crop on bare soil and protect remaining produce with row cover as October frosts approach. |
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However, there is no time for complacency as the frosts will eventually reach these areas and kill off anything that isn't hardy. |
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Grass for haymaking is the main crop and its yield is directly affected by temperature, length of snow cover, and duration of frosts. |
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This is especially useful if the garden is in a cold spot and prone to late frosts or if wet weather has made the soil claggy. |
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In areas where spring frosts threaten developing buds and flowers, plant where air drainage is adequate, such as midway down a gentle slope. |
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Weather records show that there were far more hard frosts in the 1950s before the impact of global warming. |
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Frequent frosts or inclement weather kill off pests that would be devastating to crops, or plague-carrying insects that affect the population. |
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With good spring rains, they can survive frosts and require minimal or no watering. |
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Because bushes flower in early spring, they may need protection from late-spring frosts in cold climates. |
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Fall frosts can damage actively elongating shoots in the autumn and adversely affect growth the following spring. |
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Frequencies of tropical cyclones, heat-waves, bushfires and frosts are also linked to the Southern Oscillation. |
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So far we have only had a mild winter, but serious frosts and foggy weather are likely to become more frequent as we move into the New Year. |
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Add the rest of the ingredients in the order above and shake with loads of ice until the shaker frosts up. |
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That was replaced by a dry east wind that brought colder but still sunny weather and early morning frosts. |
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It's your last chance to bring in all tender plants growing in pots before they catch their death of cold in early frosts. |
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When cleaning out the dead debris from flowerbeds, also prune any shrubs and push plants back into the soil that have heaved with the frosts. |
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To get earlier blooms, start begonias growing indoors about six weeks before your planting-out date, the date in your area when the threat of night frosts is past. |
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In particular, there is likely to be a reduction in water for southern and eastern Australia, with more fires and heatwaves, fewer frosts, less snow and more coral bleaching. |
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Finally, top up decorative mulches, as they will help to suppress unseasonal weed growth and provide insulation for tender bulbs and plant crowns against hard frosts. |
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The sun's rays kiss the body of the mountains as the frosts on the grass melts and the dew drops on the flower sparkle like a diamond to the glitter of light. |
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Ridged fields apparently protect crops from mild frosts, and their construction may have facilitated the northward expansion of prehistoric agriculture. |
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Many brown species of frogs are being killed as a result of misidentification, but the good news is that many toads did not survive the winter frosts. |
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Crab apples and viburnums are also good for wildlife, and pyracanthus, burning bush, and barberry provide winter food after their bitter berries have been softened by frosts. |
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With the first frosts of approaching winter, the surface waters are chilled, increasing in density, and they begin to sink into and below the summer bottom layer. |
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He predicts sharp frosts throughout the Swindon area on both Friday and Saturday night, with temperatures only just above freezing during Christmas Day itself. |
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If September stays mild, we will see why bedding such as lobelia, pelargonium and impatiens are so popular as they flower on until the first frosts. |
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Drought across much of the country, particularly in areas not normally subject to drought, and late frosts have led to reductions in land based production. |
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Dahlias are best dug up and brought in when the foliage has been blacked by the first frosts, although warmer winters do give them a better chance of surviving in the garden. |
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The informants reported decreased yields owing to more pests, declining soil fertility, and the increased frequency of frosts, dry spells, and windstorms. |
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Some species have wiry root systems that remain during frosts if the stem dies. |
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Moving further inland, frosts during winter gets more common due to the higher elevation and distance to the sea. |
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Because of its lowland location York is prone to frosts, fog, and cold winds during winter, spring and very early summer. |
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Snow seldom lies at sea level and frosts are less frequent than on the mainland. |
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With the greater number of clear nights, frosts remain commonplace quite far south as late as April. |
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These climates do not routinely see hard frosts or snow, which allows plants such as palms and citrus to flourish. |
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Its relatively sheltered location beneath the downs produces a microclimate with more sunny days and fewer frosts than the rest of the island. |
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Because of the proximity to the warm sea, frosts are very rare in the city of Barcelona. |
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The city reputedly has had rare frosts in the past, but this has never been decisively confirmed. |
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Temperatures are markedly cooler in the higher parts of the mountain ranges, and frosts occur in the Cordillera de Talamanca in western Panama. |
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In temperate regions, sweet potatoes are most often grown on larger farms and are harvested before first frosts. |
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To store winter squashes, you can leave them on the plant until their skins harden further, but cut them before the first frosts. |
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In contrast, the night frosts and advection of the cold Arctic air masses connected with anticyclones in the early spring depress the migration. |
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Blueberry Ozark Blue is a hardy new late flowerer, less prone to damage from late spring frosts, so giving high yields every year. |
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Cannas are one of the garden's biggest show-offs so take care of them as the first frosts creep in and the rewards will be immense. |
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The first frost in Teignmouth usually occurs in late November or early December, whereas midland areas of England sometimes have frosts as early as September. |
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Congelifraction occurs in mountains where frosts and thaws alternate. |
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The larvae of cranefly, they're active through to the first frosts and love nothing better than munching roots, particularly of the grass variety. |
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The inland nature of the climate is more manifest during winter months with frosts being common, and the average lows between December and February are below freezing point. |
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The polecat feeds on eels mostly during lengthy frosts when eels, unable to breathe air at regular intervals because of the ice, congregate at breathing holes. |
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Snow seldom lies at sea level and frosts are fewer than on the mainland. |
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Dyce tends to have marginally warmer daytime temperatures year round owing to its slightly lower elevation, though it is more susceptible to harsh frosts. |
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There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed. |
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There will be issues for crops that require vernalisation due to the milder winters and plants may not become acclimatised to be able to withstand radiation frosts. |
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Add crushed ice, swizzle until the outside of the cup frosts, top with more crushed ice, garnish with one kumquat on a toothpick and three sprigs of lemon balm leaves. |
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It is useful for grassland ploughing and sets up the land for weathering by winter frosts, which reduces the time taken to prepare a seedbed for spring sown crops. |
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Potatoes are sensitive to heavy frosts, which damage them in the ground. |
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Its only drawback is that it may start to give a display of its magnificent hooded blue flowers, wrapped in their coal-black bracts, as the first frosts bite. |
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The first frosts of winter will put paid to the decorative nature of dahlias, tradescantia and all manner of soft-stemmed herbaceous border plants. |
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It is also subject to more fog and frosts in winter than other areas because of the tendency of cold air to drain into the vale from surrounding higher ground. |
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